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.
Terracotta
5th century BCEGreekDongkhe ware: off-white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over white slip
18th-19th centuryChineseLavender jasperware body with applied lattice decoration in white relief
18th centuryBritishCeramic
17th centuryJapaneseEnameled 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 centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseCarved celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration
12th centuryKoreanTerracotta, gray ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianTerracotta
7th century BCEItalo-CorinthianSilver
18th centuryFrenchSilver
19th centuryBritish, English