19th century
12.4 x 5.1 cm (4 7/8 x 2 in.)
Acquired by Williams Hayes Fogg; his bequest to his wife, 1884; her bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1895.
Mixed copper alloy
Unidentified centuryUnidentified cultureBlack Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings painted in overglaze iron oxide. From the Huangpu kiln complex, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseCeramic
JapaneseStoneware with splashes of wood ash glaze
9th-11th centuryKoreanBuff earthenware with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
JapanesePewter
18th centuryGermanTerracotta, steely black glaze
5th-4th century BCEGreekSancai ("three color") ware: pinkish white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splahed clear glaze on the interior and lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior, the (slightly degraded) glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryAmericanYue ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, combed, applique, and gouged decoration
4th-5th century CEChineseBuff-colored earthenware with patches of green (copper) running in clear lead glaze
9th centuryInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
13th centuryKorean