9th century-10th century
H. 80 x W. 30.8 x D. 11.2 cm (31 1/2 x 12 1/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Houston, (by 1974), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1974.
Molded gray earthenware
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseGreen lead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with openwork elements under partially degraded emerald-green, lead glaze; with modern brush-written characters on the base reading "T'o-sông-ni". Reportedly recovered at Lelang (also spelled Lo-lang; Korean, Naknang), near T'o-sông-ni, southwest of P'yôngyang, Korea.
1st-3rd century CEChineseElectrotype of gold original; repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanPainted plaster
19th-20th centuryAmericanTerracotta; red clay, white slip, traces of pink paint
5th century BCEGreekWood, single-woodblock construction; with traces of polychromy over white gesso ground
12th-13th centuryJapaneseClay, unfired
Central AsianPainted plaster
19th centuryGermanIvory
14th centuryFrenchHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanPlaster
19th centuryItalian