Vessels

Cup

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Terracotta

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Related Artworks

Vessels

Vessel lid with relief decoration (dogs and rosettes) from Hallstatt, Tomb 697

Unknown Artist, 800-500 BCE

Bronze

8th-6th century BCE

Vessels

Jade Circular Covered Censer with Three Blossom-Form Legs, Three Handles, and Openwork Peony Decor

Unknown Artist, probably Kangxi period, late 17th-early 18th century

Cloudy, pale greenish white nephrite

17th-18th centuryChinese

Silver

Rectangular Flowerpot with Four Small Feet

Unknown Artist, probably 15th century

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date

15th centuryChinese

Vessels

Bowl with Lug

Unknown Artist, 2500-2000 BCE

Terracotta

3rd millennium BCECypriot

Vessels

Compressed Globular Jar with Decoration of Stylized Lotus Scroll

Unknown Artist, second half 17th century

Enameled porcelain: biscuit porcelain with incised decoration, the principle design elements covered with yellow enamel, the additional designs with aubergine enamel; with spurious(?) underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

17th centuryChinese