1907
13.34 x 9.53 cm (5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
The French Government, gift; to Harvard University, transfer; to Fogg Art Museum, 1910.
Ceramic
9th-10th centuryIraqiEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and overglaze yellow enamel over the reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" reserved against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground within a double circle, the mark and double-circle picked out in yellow enamel
16th centuryChineseCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with rust brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing. From the Ciyaobao kilns, Lingwu county, Ningxia Huizu Autonomous Region.
12th-13th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over molded decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: fine grained, light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseRed earthenware with painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTerracotta
GreekElectrotype of gold original; repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekSilver
17th centuryBritish