early Western Zhou period, mid 11th-early 10th century BCE
H. (with handle) 21.1 × W. 21.3 cm (8 5/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Glass
ChineseRed, green and black lacquer
ChineseMetal
ItalianCeramic
19th centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the designs reserved against a ground of overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Hongzhi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
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18th centuryChinesePearlware with transfer printed and luster decoration
19th centuryBritishBrass
12th-13th centuryPersianCeramic
18th centuryJapanesePlaster
Reddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with brownish black (chromium, iron, and manganese) and blue (cobalt) under clear alkali glaze
19th-20th centuryTerracotta
Greek