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.
Punch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over inscription incised through white-slip ground
15th-16th centuryKoreanJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th-3rd century BCESouth ItalianGray stoneware
5th-3rd century BCEChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the rim repaired with gold lacquer. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta

Nickel silver and ebony
20th centuryGermanWhite ware: porcelain with light blue glaze over molded an incised decoration. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanFritware with slip painting and sgraffito decoration under turquoise glaze (silhouette-ware)
12th-13th centuryPersianLight-colored terracotta with brownish-black painted decoration
7th-6th century BCEGreekBlue, 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
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