c. 1500
[Volpi, Florence], sold; to Hervey E. Wetzel (1888-1919), Boston, 1913, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1919.
Changsha 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 centuryChineseGlass
ItalianEnamel
20th centuryAustrianSteel with gold overlay
19th centuryPersianNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 2 (er) inscribed on base before firing; additional stroke added later to convert mark to numeral 3 (san)
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
3rd-2nd century BCEGreekProbably Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze. Probably from the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
10th centuryChineseReddish earthenware covered with slip, incised, and color-splashed under clear glaze
11th-12th centuryIslamicBronze, leaded bronze handle
5th century BCEEtruscanCarved rhinoceros horn
15th-17th centuryChineseBronze with openwork decoration and with inlays of turquoise and malachite. Reportedly unearthed in 1911 in the vicinity of Xi'an, Shaanxi province
5th-4th century BCEChineseCeladon ware: light gray stoneware over carved and incised decoration
6th centuryChinese