4th century BCE
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.
Gray earthenware, the surface blackened and burnished before firing
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCast bronze with greenish patina; inscription is probably modern
9th-8th century BCEChineseSilver, gold-plated copper and enamel
15th centuryGermanCast bronze
15th centuryIndianTerracotta
1st-2nd century CERomanSilver
19th centuryAmericanFritware, blue under transparent glaze and brownish overglaze luster painted
12th-13th centurySyrianFritware with molded decoration under purplish-brown (manganese) transparent alkali glaze
12th centuryPersianGlazed stoneware
20th centuryGermanYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChinese