18th-19th century
7.62 x 13.65 x 6.99 cm (3 x 5 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA; Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1933. "A Tribute to the Class of 1892"
Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration, and gilding
18th centuryGermanLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with degraded lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze
1st-3rd century CEChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseFritware painted with black (chromium), turquoise (copper), blue (cobalt), brownish-red (iron), and pink (iron and tin) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin, and gilded.
12th-13th century
Pale greenish white nephrite
19th-20th centuryChineseCeramic bizen ware vase
20th centuryJapaneseFritware under turquoise glaze
12th-13th centuryPersianNumbered 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 centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th centuryChineseWhite ware: molded porcelain with pale grayish-green glaze. Reportedly recovered less than 50 miles south of Seoul in summer 1961.
15th centuryKorean