3rd-4th century CE
7.6 x 5.2 cm (3 x 2 1/16 in.)
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Terracotta
Earthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchKohiki type: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over brush-applied white slip, the slip carefully applied to form hard-edged geometric patterns, with artist’s mark impressed on the base
21st centuryJapaneseElectrotype of gold original; repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanEtching fired onto ceramic plate, then colored, glazed, and refired
19th centuryFrenchMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with crackled yellow glaze
19th centuryChineseTerracotta; reddish clay with fine lustrous black glaze
5th century BCEGreekBlue-green glass
4th-5th century CERoman