17th-19th century
2.54 x 11.43 x 8.57 cm (1 x 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.)
Mrs Arthur T. Cabot, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Terracotta
RomanTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekHard-paste decorated with polychrome enamels
18th-19th centuryGermanCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
17th centuryChineseCeramic
19th centuryPersianSilver
19th centuryFrenchBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with overglaze sepia-enamel hallmark reading "Xu Hua Tang zhi" on the base
18th centuryChineseGlass
1st-5th century CEGraeco-RomanEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with ogival panels decorated with overglaze polychrome enamels, the panels reserved against an underglaze cobalt powder blue ground emblazoned with designs painted in overglaze gold enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChinese