1774-1814
2.9 × 13.7 cm (1 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Mrs. Edward P. Bliss, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928
Terracotta
4th century CEGreekFritware
13th-14th centuryPersianSilver
18th centuryBritishNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 5 (wu) inscribed inside the footring before firing and incised on the base after firing
15th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground. Probably from the Guantai kilns, near Handan, Hebei province.
12th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryAmericanCeramic
20th centurySwedishWhite earthenware with applique elements. Middle and Lower Yellow River area; Shandong and Jiangsu provinces; probably from Shandong province.
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze mottled with cobalt blue
8th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip banded with silver. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
13th centuryChineseWhite earthenware clay, engobe and paraffin decoration, white enamel
20th centurySpanish