Gift of the Estate of Theodore Dwight, through Harriet Amory, to the Department of the Classics, 1920. Transfer from the Department of the Classics, 1977.
Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue on the interior and gold enamel painted on a red enamel ground on the exterior, the exterior decoration added at a later date
16th-17th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal
17th-18th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
7th-8th centuryChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanBronze
ChineseLeaded bronze
6th century BCEGreekBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from a kiln at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
CypriotFritware with luster decoration
13th centuryPersianHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
20th centuryGerman