300-400 CE
actual: 5.1 x 3.5 cm (2 x 1 3/8 in.)
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Fritware with underglaze painting and sgraffito decoration under turquoise glaze (silhouette-ware)
12th-13th centuryPersianEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
TurkishTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel
16th centuryChineseCeramic
19th centuryRussianSilver
18th centuryBritishCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze brown slip on a white slip ground, with details touched on the surface of the clear glaze in russet-brown slip and olive-green glaze in localized areas, the unglazed lowest portion finished with dark brown glaze
14th-17th centuryChineseBronze
ChineseGray stoneware
4th-6th centuryKoreanGlass
9th-10th centuryCeramic
18th centuryJapanese