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.
Yellow-green glass
Graeco-RomanCeramic
13th-14th centuryPersianSilver
19th centuryBritish"Wucai" ware: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, and yellow enamels, the bowstring-line borders painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th-3rd century BCEGreekOff white (or very light gray) stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze; with signature of the artist reading "Ken" inscribed on the base before firing
21st centuryJapaneseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with inlaid black and white slip decor
20th centuryKoreanTerracotta
5th centuryGreekMetal
20th centuryGermanLushan ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze embellished with variegated light blue splashes. Probably from the Duandian kiln, Lushan county, Henan province.
8th-9th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCESouth ItalianEarthenware with monochrome green glaze
18th centuryPersian