11th-10th century BCE
H. 24.9 x Diam. 20.7 cm (9 13/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Monochrome enameled ware: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading 'Da Ming Hongzhinian zhi' within a double circle on the base
15th-16th centuryChineseSatsuma ware; white earthenware with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels and with impressed mark on the base reading 'Taizan'
19th centuryJapaneseOlive and grayish green translucent nephrite with deep brown and green patches
3rd-1st century BCEChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior
8th centuryChineseTerracotta
EtruscanExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseProbably Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze. Probably from the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
10th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseKyō-yaki (Kyoto ware): buff earthenware with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
Japanese