1740-1750
8.6 x 7.9 cm (3 3/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Private Collector. Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1940.
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, yellow, green, and black enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with impressed and applique decoration; with localized areas of light blue on the surface, perhaps slip applied before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze over carved ribs and appliqué handles
11th centuryChineseYaozhou "moon white" (yuebai) ware: very light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over thin coating of white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over a thin coating of white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns, Huangpuzhen, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province
10th centuryChineseCopper alloy
1st-4th century CERomanEnameled biscuit porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel over incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseHard-paste decorated with polychrome overglaze
19th centuryGermanTerracotta; buff clay, white slip with red and black decoration
11th-8th century BCECypriotTerracotta
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