Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Lead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with partially degraded, lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseBuff earthenware with modeled, applique and stippled decoration, the surface darkened in firing. Upper Yellow River Valley area; probably from Gansu or Qinghai province.
3rd millennium BCEChineseMolded, brownish gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments; localized areas with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseLight gray limestone with traces of gesso and pigment; from Tianlongshan cave 17, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
8th centuryChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
8th centuryChineseLead-glazed funerary ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze
7th centuryChineseMolded, brick-red earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
8th centuryChineseLeaded bronze; lost-wax cast
10th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseDehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with clear glaze
19th centuryChineseMolded, white earthenware with cold-painted pigments
8th centuryChinese