17th-19th century
3.49 x 9.53 x 7.3 cm (1 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 2 7/8 in.)
Mrs Arthur T. Cabot, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Blue-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 centuryChineseMetal
Pre-ColumbianPainted Jizhou ware: off-white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze iron slip under clear glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseSilver, parcel-gilt
17th centuryBritishNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishGlass
1st-2nd century CERomanTerracotta
GreekHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanSilver, fruitwood, ivory
18th centuryBritishReddish earthenware covered in whitish slip and painted with green (chromium) slip under clear lead glaze
10th century