early Western Zhou period, mid 11th-early 10th century BCE
H. 25.4 x W. 30.6 x D. 21.3 cm (10 x 12 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Glass and enamel
20th centuryGermanTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekLeaded bronze
1st-3rd century CERomanAlabaster
8th century BCEEgyptianPlaster
Chrome-plated steel and ebony
20th centuryGermanNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseReddish earthenware covered in white slip, carved, and painted with green (copper), yellow (iron), and dark brown (manganese) under clear lead glaze (with zinc and barium)
20th centuryDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseSimulated jiaotai ware; light gray stoneware with pale yellow glaze over appliqué thin layers of brown and white clays laminated to simulate marbling
11th-13th centuryChineseSilverplate
20th centuryAmericanSilver, ebony
19th centuryAmerican