c. 600-550 BCE
H: 4.5 × Diam: 8 cm (1 3/4 × 3 1/8 in.)
Henry W. Haynes, Boston, MA (by 1912), bequest; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1912-1977), transfer; to the Fogg Museum.
Glass
ItalianFritware with turquoise glaze
12th-13th centuryPersianCast bronze with heavy incrustations of green and russet patina
14th-11th century BCEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion dressed with dark brown slip
12th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryAmericanDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseMetal
10th-11th centuryEgyptianSterling
19th centuryAmericanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from a kiln at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
15th centuryChineseCeramic
20th centuryGermanReddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with black (manganese and iron) under clear lead glaze
10th centuryEarthenware with slip-painted decoration and turquoise inlays
2nd millennium BCEChinese