11th-early 12th century
H. 6.5 x Diam. 22.4 cm (2 9/16 x 8 13/16 in.)
Dr. Arnold Knapp, New York (by 1956), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1956.
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels
18th-19th centuryGermanTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekEarthenware with slip-painted decoration and turquoise inlays
2nd millennium BCEChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryAmericanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseTerracotta
CypriotBuff-colored earthenware painted with luster (silver and copper) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin
10th centuryBlue glass
1st century CERomanEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark on base reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
19th-20th centuryJapanese