Crimped indentations at 180 degrees to each other.
4.2 x 10.6 cm (1 5/8 x 4 3/16 in.)
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Ceramic
18th centuryJapaneseGlass
20th centuryAustrianWoven sheet silver
6th centuryChineseFritware, black painted under turquoise glaze (some modern over paint inside)
12th-13th centurySyrianTerracotta; pale yellow clay with slip
7th-6th century BCEGreekSilver
18th centuryAmericanSilver with gilt interior
18th centuryBritishArita enameled ware, Imari type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and gold enamels; with Johanneum mark incised into the glaze on the base
17th-18th centuryJapaneseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseEarthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseDing ware: Porcelain with pale, ivory-hued glaze over appliqué molded decoration. From North China, probably from the Ding kilns, near Quyang, Hebei province.
9th centuryChinese