6th century BCE-3rd century CE
8.2 x 3.2 x 2 cm (3 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 13/16 in.)
Miss Susan M. L. Wales, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1928.
Off-white stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze over marks from shells used as firing supports; with signature reading "Ken" inscribed on the base before firing
21st centuryJapaneseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseBrown-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered from a tomb in Ansŏng, Kyŏnggi province.
17th centuryKoreanYellowish clay with slip, brown glaze
5th century BCEGreekGray stoneware with incised and openwork decoration. Reportedly recovered in Chinju, South Kyŏngsang province.
4th-5th century CEKoreanPorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseBronze
8th-6th century BCEGreekSilver
18th centuryBritishBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches reserved against a cobalt powder blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th century BCEGreek