17th-19th century
2.54 x 9.53 x 6.99 cm (1 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Mrs Arthur T. Cabot, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Shufang zhai yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Studio of Fresh Fragrance) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryBritishPale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseMetal
Pre-ColumbianDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanGlass
20th centuryAustrianHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta with lustrous black paint
4th century BCESouth ItalianBuff pottery with brown encrustation
1st millennium BCEIranianWhite stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChinese