c. 1730
13.4 x 10.5 x 14 cm (5 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Ilse Bischoff, Hartland, Vermont, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1958
Northern 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 centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseTransitional blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
17th centuryChinesePunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over incised decoration inlaid in black and white slips
15th centuryKoreanTerracotta
2nd millennium BCENear EasternEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseBuncheong-style stoneware: light gray stoneware with decoration incised and carved (in sgraffito technique) through an all-over coating of white slip; with celadon glaze; with artist signature reading 김 (Kim) incised on the base
21st centuryKoreanSlip-painted celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered from a tomb in Yŏnggwang county, South Chŏlla province.
13th centuryKoreanPale blue-green glass
1st-2nd century CERomanSterling silver
20th centuryAmericanElectrotype of gold original; repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanTerracotta
4th century BCEGreek