H. 19.7 × W. 17.9 cm (7 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Qingbai ware: porcelain with sky blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with impressed and applique decoration; with localized areas of light blue on the surface, perhaps slip applied before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChineseDark green nephrite (so-called spinach-green jade)
19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark reading "Shendetang zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
12th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
19th-20th centuryChineseEnameled ware: porcelain with incised decoration and with an even coating of overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: fine grained, light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseReddish brown stoneware, the interior finished with a crackled white glaze; with four-character seal mark impressed into the base
20th centuryChineseWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the rim with clear glaze over white slip
12th centuryChinese