1774-1814
4.5 × 9.5 × 7.9 cm (1 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 3 1/8 in.)
Mrs. Edward P. Bliss, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928
Glass
20th centurySwedishCeramic
ChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChinesePlaster
Green-brown glass
1st-2nd century CERomanNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion of the exterior dressed with black slip. From the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.
12th centuryChineseRock crystal
18th-19th centuryChineseGlass
20th centuryAustrianPunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration carved and incised through the white-slip ground
15th centuryKoreanCeramic
13th-14th centuryPersianExport blue-and-white ware, Arita ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark of a single Chinese character on the base
17th-18th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
7th century BCEEtruscan