Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue, the background areas embellished later with overglaze red enamel; underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th-17th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze and traces of overglaze gold enamel decoration
17th-18th centuryChineseGrayish brown agate with dark brown mottles
19th centuryChineseCast bronze; with integrally cast inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th century BCEChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseLacquer, black and red, with silver
ChineseCast bronze with pale green patina
7th-6th century BCEChineseMolded light gray earthenware with incised, stamped, and gouged decoration
3rd-1st century BCEChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with incised and carved decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
15th-16th centuryChineseBrown-glazed ware of Yue type: light gray stoneware with mottled medium brown glaze. Probably from the Deqing or Yuhang kilns, Zhejiang province.
4th-5th century CEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChinese