206 BCE-220 CE
H. 52.1 x W. 34.7 x Diam. 31.6 cm (20 1/2 x 13 11/16 x 12 7/16 in.)
[Yamanaka & Co., New York, August 5, 1930] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1930-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Jizhou or Jizhou-type ware: white stoneware with clear glaze, the decoration incised and carved through the glaze before firing. Probably from the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province; possibly from the Linchuan kilns at Linchuan, Jiangxi province
13th centuryChineseTerracotta; pale reddish clay with slip, black paint
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
Light gray stoneware with brown glaze
13th-14th centuryKoreanTranslucent grayish green jadeite with emerald green markings; stone of Burmise origin
18th-19th centuryChineseMolded celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration
12th centuryKoreanEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with molded decoration highlighted in underglaze cobalt-blue against an overglaze yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with clear glaze over applied powdered cobalt
19th centuryChineseProbably Cizhou ware: off-white stoneware with brown-slip splashes on a white-slip ground
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritish