4th-5th century
H. 21 x Diam. 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 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.
Mottled buff and olive-green nephrite, dimly translucent at the edges
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseTerracotta
GreekGray stoneware with incised and openwork decoration
6th centuryKoreanJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseDongkhe ware: off-white stoneware with white slip and ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration
18th-19th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekMedium gray earthenware with decoration applied with a cord-wrapped paddle; with impressed seal at shoulder
8th-5th century BCEChineseBrass
15th centuryGermanCeramic
17th centuryJapaneseColorless glass
Graeco-Roman