11.5 x 8.1 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/16 in.)
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Woven sheet silver
6th centuryChineseRed earthenware
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBronze
3rd century BCEGraeco-PersianPunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration lightly brushed in white slip
16th centuryKoreanYue ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
10th-11th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseSilver
20th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryAmericanTerracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianEnameled porcelain: biscuit porcelain with incised decoration, the principle design elements covered with yellow enamel, the additional designs with aubergine enamel; with spurious(?) underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritish