7th-2nd century BCE
14.5 x 5.2 cm (5 11/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Enameled ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze green and yellow enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Tian" (Heaven) on the base
15th centuryChineseCeramic
14th centuryArabUnderglaze slip-painted earthenware
10th centuryPersianBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with mark reading "Un Hyŏn" ("Cloud Hill") painted in underglaze cobalt blue on the base; the inscription perhaps is a reference to the palace in which the Prince Regent lived from 1864 to 1873. Made at the official kilns in Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province, perhaps in Punwŏn-ri.
19th centuryKoreanHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanSilver
19th centuryAmericanCeramic
18th-19th centuryOttomanTemmoku-inspired ware; light gray stoneware with impressed decoration inlaid with white slip under clear glaze, the floor of the bowl covered with black glaze partially washed with overglaze brown slip
20th centuryJapaneseExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseTerracotta
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianPale blue-green glass
1st-2nd century CERomanTerracotta
4th century BCEGreek