6th-5th century BCE
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).
Earthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
2nd millennium BCEChineseTerracotta; pale reddish clay painted inside and out
5th century BCEGreekIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
12th centuryKoreanSlip-painted celadon ware: light gray celadon with celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip
12th centuryKoreanLacquer on wood
17th-19th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
19th centuryGreekWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseLongquan celadon ware; molded light gray stoneware with applique handles and celadon glaze. From the kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
13th centuryChineseRed stoneware ("Rosso Antico") with black stoneware relief
19th centuryBritishTerracotta
Hellenistic