1774-1814
2.5 × 14.6 cm (1 × 5 3/4 in.)
Mrs. Edward P. Bliss, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928
Light gray stoneware with blackened surfaces, the decoration polished into the matte surface before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChineseEarthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseTerracotta, with dark red stripe across diameter
1st century CERomanReddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with black (manganese and iron) and red (iron) under clear lead glaze
10th centuryPersianTerracotta, black gloss
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekOnda ware: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip enlivened with chatter marks on the exterior
21st centuryJapaneseTranslucent greenish white and brown nephrite
14th-17th centuryChineseBronze
13th centuryGermanTerracotta
Ceramic
19th centuryJapaneseCeramic
15th centuryGerman