15th century
23.18 cm (9 1/8 in.)
Hervey E. Wetzel (1888-1919) (purchased in Florence, 1913), Boston, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1919.
Buff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianBronze
1st-2nd century CERomanGreenish white nephrite
19th centuryChineseMonochrome enamelled ware: porcelain with yellow enamel applied on the biscuit over incised decoration, the base with clear glaze; spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark on base reading "Hongzhi nian zhi"
17th centuryChineseHammered silver with chased decoration and parcel gilding
17th-20th centuryChineseGray earthenware with incised decor
ChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion dressed with dark purplish brown slip. Probably from the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.
12th centuryChineseProto-porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
9th-8th century BCEChineseTerracotta
6th century BCEGreek