17th-19th century
2.54 x 10.48 x 7.94 cm (1 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Mrs Arthur T. Cabot, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Leaded bronze
1st-2nd century CERomanBlue, red, and white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and underglaze copper red; with (spurious?) underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" on the base
ChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Cuiyun guan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Lodge of Emerald Clouds) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseGrayish white jadeite with emerald green markings
18th-19th centuryChineseOff white (or very light gray) stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze
21st centuryJapaneseGlass
20th centurySwedishTerracotta
6th century BCEEtruscanHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels
18th-19th centuryGermanPorcelain with blue and white glaze
19th centuryChineseCeramic
9th-10th centuryIraqi