17th-19th century
2.22 x 9.53 x 7.3 cm (7/8 x 3 3/4 x 2 7/8 in.)
Mrs Arthur T. Cabot, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Earthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseTerracotta; buff slip, black glaze
8th century BCEGreekNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the rim with clear glaze over white slip
11th-12th centuryChineseUnglazed marbled ware: white, light gray, and dark brown laminated clays
12th centuryKoreanCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseGlass and bronze
19th centuryEuropeanPorcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with gold enamel painted on a red enamel ground added to the exterior at a later date; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi" within a single circle on the base.
16th-17th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanPale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze and traces of decoration painted in overglaze gold enamel
18th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th-1st century BCEPunicTerracotta
5th century BCEGreek