400 BCE-300 BCE
10.7 cm h x 12.4 cm diam. (4 3/16 in. h x 4 7/8 in. diam.)
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.
Silver
18th centuryAmericanGray stoneware
10th-7th century BCEChinesePale blue-green glass
GreekLight brown glass
1st-3rd century CERomanPale greenish white nephrite
19th-20th centuryChineseGray stoneware with combed and appliqué decoration, perhaps originally with a fitted spout
5th centuryKoreanNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion of the exterior dressed with black slip. From the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.
12th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and exterior decoration painted in red enamel on an overglaze yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseGilt silver
16th centuryGermanCeramic
19th centuryJapanese