probably late 11th century
H. 3 x Diam. 8.5 cm (1 3/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Hervey E. Wetzel (1988-1918), Boston, MA (by 1919), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1919.
White stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseCarved ivory
19th centuryChineseLacquered wood with inlays of tortoiseshell, twisted wire, and metal filings
19th centuryKoreanEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
8th centuryChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and e-nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
17th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques and with glazed-ceramic and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; stone and lacquered-copper fittings
18th centuryJapaneseSilver with parcel gilding; with inscription incised on base and cover
5th-3rd century BCEChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseLacquered wood: wooden core with orange-red lacquer over black lacquer (over a paper substrate); with metal fittings
18th-19th centuryJapaneseBronze
7th-10th centuryChineseWood
19th-20th centuryThai