c. 5000-4000 BCE
7.7 x 76 cm (3 1/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Earthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware
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18th-19th centuryChineseMonochrome ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within the hollow stem
16th centuryChinese
Nickel silver and ebony
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20th centuryGermanSilver
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17th centuryChinese