c. 730-700 BCE
66 cm h x 35.2 cm diam (26 x 13 7/8 in.)
[Ephron Gallery, 67 East 57th Street, New York City, 1950], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1950.
High-tin bronze
7th-8th centuryPersianNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze and with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip, the rim dressed with white slip under clear glaze, the base and unglazed lower portion with a brush-written inscription reading "Wei Han Han / Wei / Wei"
12th-13th centuryChineseYellow-green glass
Graeco-RomanReddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with black (manganese and iron), red (iron), and yellow-staining black (chromium) under clear lead glaze
10th centuryPersianTerracotta
7th century BCEItalo-CorinthianSilver
19th centuryAmericanEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseRaku ware: light gray earthenware with black glaze and with seal on base reading "Raku"
19th centuryJapaneseCopper alloy
Unidentified centuryUnidentified cultureSilver, fruitwood
18th centuryBritish