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.
Export blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th-17th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing; "Jianfu gong Sanyou xuan yong" (Palace of Established Happiness, used in the Veranda of Three Friends) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with decoration cold-painted in brown and yellow pigments over white gesso ground
3rd-1st century BCEChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanBrown-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze iron-brown slip. From kilns at Kwangju, Kyŏnggi province.
17th centuryKoreanGray earthenware
16th-14th century BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
RomanFritware with molded decoration under turquoise glaze
13th-14th centuryPersianTerracotta, bucchero sottile
7th century BCEEtruscanTerracotta
2nd millennium BCECypriot