late 4th-first half of the 3rd century BCE
12.4 x 3.4 x 5.1 cm (4 7/8 x 1 5/16 x 2 in.)
Joseph Ternbach, New York, (1987) sold; [through Sotheby's, New York, November 24-25, 1987, sale 5640, lot #495] to; Jonathan Kagan, New York (1987-1991) gift; to Harvard University Art Museums.
Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseCopper alloy
1st century CERomanTerracotta
4th-1st century BCEGreekTerracotta
2nd-3rd century CERomanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekMetal and painted plaster
20th centuryGermanUnderglaze slip-painted earthenware
10th centuryPersianLight gray stoneware with kiln-blackened surface and with incised and openwork decoration
5th-6th centuryKoreanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekEarthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChinese