late 18th–early 19th century
13.2 × 16 × 8.5 cm (5 3/16 × 6 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
Mrs. Marjory Gane Harkness, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1937
Glass
1st-5th century CEGraeco-RomanWhite stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal
17th-18th centuryChineseCast bronze with dark green, speckled patina; with a 12-character dedication inscribed on both the vessel floor and lid interior
9th century BCEChineseEarthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseStoneware with splashes of wood ash glaze
9th-11th centuryKoreanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) incised on base; "Jianfu gong Jingsheng zhai louxia yong" (Palace of Established Happiness, used in the Studio of Esteemed Excellence, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date; metal repairs
15th centuryChineseCeramic
16th-17th centuryJapaneseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseTerracotta, with dark red stripe across diameter
1st century CERomanTerracotta; reddish clay, black paint
6th century BCEGreekGray stoneware with incised, appliqué, and openwork decoration and with traces of natural ash glaze. Reportedly recovered in Ch'angnyŏng, South Kyŏngsang province, in 1962.
6th-7th centuryKorean