160-230 CE
13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)
Acquired by A.S. Pease on Monte Testaccio, 1905/1906. Gift to the Department of the Classics, 1906. Transfer from Department of the Classics, 1977.
Yue-type ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over applique lug handles; the damaged rim banded in metal; painted decoration added in modern times. From northern China -- place of manufacture uncertain.
6th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishMetal
20th centuryGermanHorn
17th centuryChineseIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised bowstring lines
12th centuryKoreanTerracotta, brown-gray ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianCoarse buff earthenware with decoration painted in black slip over a slip-dressed ground. Upper Yellow River Valley area; from Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with applique and impressed decoration
3rd millennium BCEChinese'Jiaotai' ware: laminated brown and white stoneware clays under a clear glaze, the rim with underglaze white slip
8th-9th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with decoration cold-painted in brown and yellow pigments over white gesso ground
3rd-1st century BCEChineseRed earthenware
2nd millennium BCEChinese