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.
Painted lacquerware: brown and reddish orange lacquer over wooden core
3rd-1st century BCEChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseSilver
19th-20th centuryBurmeseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseFritware with underglaze painted decoration
13th-14th centuryPersianYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and applique decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
11th centuryChineseUnderglazed, painted fritware
13th-14th centuryPersianKyoto ware: buff earthenware with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryJapaneseOpaque black glass
2nd-3rd century CERomanPale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChinese