1774-1814
2.9 × 13.7 cm (1 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Mrs. Edward P. Bliss, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928
Steatite or chlorite
3rd millennium BCEMesopotamianNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin and purplish brown slip on the lower portion. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseFritware
14th centuryPersian
Chrome-plated steel and ebony
20th centuryGermanCast bronze
ChineseTang white ware: white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseGray earthenware with cold painted pigment
1st-3rd century CEChineseGray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with slip painted decoration painted and white inlays
2nd millennium BCEChineseTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekHuanghuali wood with brass fittings
17th-18th centuryChinese