1774-1814
2.9 × 13.7 cm (1 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Mrs. Edward P. Bliss, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928
Carved anhydrite
16th-15th century BCEEgyptianTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekMetal
16th centuryItalianMetal
20th centuryGermanTerracotta; pale yellow clay with slip and applied purple
6th century BCEGreekGreen glass
2nd-4th century CERomanChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseProbably misfired Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with transparent, olive-hued celadon glaze over appliqué molded decoration
13th-14th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekNautilus shell and silver, parcel-gilt
17th centuryGermanGlass
20th centurySwedishCeramic
15th centuryGerman