1908-1909
32.07 x 12.07 cm (12 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
The French Government, gift; to Harvard University, transfer; to Fogg Art Museum, 1910.
Silver, gold, and enamel
20th centuryAmericanCeramic
ChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over incised, carved, and combed decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
13th centuryChineseLeaded bronze
3rd-2nd century BCEEtruscanEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware covered all over with white slip, the floral decoration incised and the patterned background stamped into the white slip ground, all under a clear glaze
10th-11th centuryChineseLeaded bronze
7th-4th century BCEItalicJizhou ware: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze. From the Jizhou kilns, near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseFritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over blue (cobalt) transparent alkali glaze
12th-13th centuryIslamicTerracotta
7th century BCEEtruscan