H. 5.72 x Diam. 15.24 cm (2 1/4 x 6 in.)
Perhaps Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. Perhaps from the Yaozhou kilns, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th 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 centuryChinesePorcelain with black glaze
ChineseEaHarvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseTransitional blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
17th centuryChineseYue-type ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over applique lug handles; the damaged rim banded in metal; painted decoration added in modern times. From northern China -- place of manufacture uncertain.
6th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryChinesePainted Jizhou ware: off-white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze iron slip under clear glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseCast bronze; with inscription on the vessel floor and interior of cover
20th centuryChineseBlackened gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseSoft-paste porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th-19th centuryChinese