20th century
10.16 cm (4 in.)
Mrs. Robert H. Monks, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1927.
Ceramic
PersianHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanBuff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianStoneware with blue and white glaze
17th centuryChineseExport enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze blue, black, and gold enamels
20th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianEnameled porcelain: porcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the design reserved in red enamel against the yellow ground, the details articulated in black enamel on the reserved designs; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base.
16th centuryChineseShell with gilt bronze fitting
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseTinned copper
17th centuryPersianEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryChineseTerracotta, cream-colored clay decorated in black shading to brown
8th century BCEGreekPale blue glass
1st century CERoman