second half 6th-first half 5th century BCE
14 x 10 x 5.4 cm (5 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
[Charles Ede Limited, London, by 1987] sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1987-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
Pale brown glass
1st-2nd century CERomanTerracotta, black ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekMetal-hinged, velvet-lined wooden box containing numerous metal sewing machine attachments
20th centuryAmericanEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanBlack earthenware with incised and openwork decoration, the surface burnished before firing. Middle and Lower Yellow River area; Shandong and Jiangsu provinces; possibly from Shandong province.
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekPunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over stamped decoration inlaid with white slip. Made in Sŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province, and reportedly recovered there.
15th centuryKoreanCeramic
ChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
2nd millennium BCENear Eastern