10.48 x 25.08 x 16.51 cm (4 1/8 x 9 7/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Qingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseQianlong-style molded porcelain: porcelain with molded decoration under very pale blue qingbai-type glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseBlack earthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark reading "Yu" on the base
19th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseStoneware with brown glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseTransparent amber glass over lead core, the lead possibly covered with gold foil
ChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
17th-18th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, yellow, aubergine, and black enamels; with spurious overglaze enamel mark reading "Chenghua nian zhi" within a double square on the base
19th centuryChinese