17th century
6 x 35 cm (2 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Annie Swan Coburn, Chicago, (by 1932), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1934.
Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanExport blue-and-white ware, Arita ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark of a single Chinese character on the base
17th-18th centuryJapaneseCast bronze; with inscription cast on the vessel floor
13th-11th century BCEChineseSilver
19th centuryAmericanTerracotta; light buff to purple clay; matt reddish glaze
8th century BCEGreekEnameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchSilver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta
RomanSilver
19th centuryAmericanSilver
17th centuryBritishYaozhou ware: medium gray stoneware coated all over with white slip, the decoration carved through the slip to reveal the underlying darker body, the exterior of the jar further covered with celadon glaze, the interior left unglazed; Made at Yaozhou kilns, near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province
10th centuryChinese