17th-19th century
2.54 x 7.94 x 6.35 cm (1 x 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Mrs Arthur T. Cabot, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slips. Reportedly recovered from a tomb on Kangwha Island, Kyŏnggi province.
13th centuryKoreanBuff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianWhite jadeite with emerald green markings; the stone of Burmese origin
19th centuryChineseTerracotta with glossy black paint
4th century BCEGreekLead-glazed ware: light gray earthenware with incised decoration under emerald green, lead-fluxed glaze. Reportedly recovered in Ch'angnyŏng, South Kyŏngsang province.
8th-9th centuryKoreanDing ware: Porcelain with pale, ivory-hued glaze over appliqué molded decoration. From North China, probably from the Ding kilns, near Quyang, Hebei province.
9th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with impressed and applique decoration; with localized areas of light blue on the surface, perhaps slip applied before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChineseSilver
18th centuryAmericanNautilus shell and silver, parcel-gilt
17th centuryGermanTerracotta, steely black glaze
5th-4th century BCEGreekElectrotype of gold original; repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanEarthenware painted in black slip on white ground under transparent glaze
10th centuryPersian