20th century
10.16 cm (4 in.)
Mrs. Robert H. Monks, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1927.
Earthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekCeramic
ChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the rim with clear glaze over white slip
12th centuryChineseStoneware with brown glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th century BCEGreek"Wucai" (five-color) ware, of so-called "kinrande" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Fu Gui Jia Qi" on the base
16th centuryChineseDongkhe ware: off-white stoneware with white slip and ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration
18th-19th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianTerracotta
7th century BCEEtruscanYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and combed decoration, the interior coated with a thin layer of underglaze white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChinese