probably 5th century BCE
H. 20.5 x W. 17 x L. 30.8 cm (8 1/16 x 6 11/16 x 12 1/8 in.)
Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Proto porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
5th-4th century BCEChineseCoarse buff earthenware with decoration painted in black slip over a slip-dressed ground. Upper Yellow River Valley area; from Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseLight gray stoneware with impressed and applique decoration; with localized areas of light blue on the surface, perhaps slip applied before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChineseOff-white stoneware with combed and applique decoration and with traces of ash glaze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseLight gray stoneware with impressed and applique decoration; with localized areas of light blue on the surface, perhaps slip applied before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCast bronze with traces of malachite and copper-wire inlay
5th century BCEChineseLight gray stoneware with blackened surfaces, the decoration polished into the matte surface before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChineseMedium gray earthenware with decoration applied with a cord-wrapped paddle; with impressed seal at shoulder
8th-5th century BCEChineseProto porcelain: stoneware with ash glaze
5th-4th century BCEChineseGray stoneware with impressed decoration
5th-3rd century BCEChineseProto porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
5th-3rd century BCEChinese