2nd millennium BCE
13 x 7.5 cm (5 1/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Acquired by Henry W. Haynes, c. 1873-1878. Bequest of Henry W. Haynes to the Department of the Classics, 1912. Transfer from the Department of the Classics, 1977.
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip banded with silver. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
13th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with milky blue glaze suffused with one lavender splash (from applied copper filings)
13th-14th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseBrown-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze iron-brown slip. From kilns at Kwangju, Kyŏnggi province.
17th centuryKoreanTerracotta, black ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianEarthenware with traces of slip-painted decoration
5th millennium BCEChineseGlass
19th-20th centuryAmericanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
Carved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseDongkhe ware: molded light gray stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over white slip
18th-19th centuryChinese