c. 1800-c. 1820
3.18 x 10.16 x 7.94 cm (1 1/4 x 4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Mrs Arthur T. Cabot, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze
10th-11th centuryChineseReddish earthenware covered in whitish slip and painted with red (iron), black (manganese), green (copper), and yellow (stain from fine chromite particles) under clear lead glaze
10th centuryPersianAsh-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with thin, intentionally applied, brownish-green, ash glaze over all-over ground of iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered near Suwŏn, Kyŏnggi province.
8th-11th centuryKoreanTerracotta
7th-6th century BCEGreekProbably misfired Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with transparent, olive-hued celadon glaze over appliqué molded decoration
13th-14th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, yellow, aubergine, and black enamels; with spurious overglaze enamel mark reading "Chenghua nian zhi" within a double square on the base
19th centuryChineseEtching fired onto ceramic plate, then colored, glazed, and refired
19th centuryFrenchHuanghuali wood with brass fittings
17th-18th centuryChineseTemmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze streaked with yellow overglaze, the foot and base with medium brown skin; with incised signature reading "Moriyasu saku" on the base
20th centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and overglaze yellow enamel over the reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" reserved against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground within a double circle, the mark and double-circle picked out in yellow enamel
16th centuryChineseCeramic
20th centurySwedish