H. 3.81 x Diam. 19.37 cm (1 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
Light gray stoneware with molded decor and appliqué flanges
11th-9th century BCEChineseLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with crackled grayish green glaze over iron-brown slip
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Chenghua nian zhi" on the base
18th centuryChineseHarvard 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 BCEChinesePorcelain with transparent turquoise blue glaze over incised decoration; with incised underglaze mark on base reading "Da Qing Jiaqing nian zhi"
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryChineseDark green nephrite (so-called spinach-green jade)
19th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseCizhou ware: buff to light-gray stoneware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze, now much degraded.
12th centuryChineseBlack-surfaced cast bronze; with integrally cast dedicatory inscriptions by Qing inscribed on the vessel floor and interior of lid
11th-10th century BCEChinese