1375-1300 BCE
Handles and false-spout broken off. Groups of 5 curving lines on shoulder. Thick and thin concentric bands around entire vessel. Buff orange-yellow with brown and orange paint (also color variation from firing). Large surface inclusion below belly.
11.5 x 11 cm (4 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin. Reportedly from Cyprus.
Ceramic
GermanDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseBrown-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze iron-brown slip. From kilns at Kwangju, Kyŏnggi province.
17th centuryKoreanTransferware porcelain
19th centuryBritishUnderglazed, painted fritware
13th-14th centuryPersianMetal
20th centuryGermanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryKoreanTerracotta; buff clay, white slip with red and black decoration
11th-8th century BCECypriotMolded light gray stoneware with traces of natural ash glaze
17th-20th centuryKoreanPlaster
Earthenware, slip-covered and burnished, with decoration painted in gold and silver and stamped
19th-20th centuryOttoman