c. 1675-1700
23 x 15.6 cm (9 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Mrs. Mansfield Perry, Sold to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1910.
Terracotta; Six's technique, white on black glaze; red ground
6th-5th century BCEGreekBuff-colored earthenware painted with luster (silver and copper) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin
10th centuryNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 5 (wu) inscribed inside the footring before firing and incised on the base after firing
15th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryBritishShell with gilt bronze fitting
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseEnamel on gilt metal; gilt metal stand
19th centuryBritishGray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
2nd-1st century BCEChineseTerracotta
GreekTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekRusset Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron-oxide. Probably from the kilns at Jianci villiage, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChinese