10th-11th century
H. 7.3 x Diam. 12.4 cm (2 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Gregory (1922-1988) and Maria C. Henderson (1923-2007), Medford, MA (by 1969-1988), inherited; by Maria C. Henderson, Medford, MA (1988-1991), partial gift and partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.
Buff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianEnameled ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze green and yellow enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Tian" (Heaven) on the base
15th centuryChineseJizhou ware: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseRock crystal
19th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
13th-14th centuryChineseGray earthenware, the surface blackened and burnished before firing
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseUnderglaze slip-painted earthenware
10th centuryPersianIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
11th-12th centuryKoreanLeaded bronze, silver inlay eyes
1st century BCERomanEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: molded porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and yellow and red enamels over reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading 'Da Ming Longqing nian zao' within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChinese