3rd-2nd century BCE
5.3 x 2.2 cm (2 1/16 x 7/8 in.)
Henry W. Haynes, bequest; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1922.
Sancai ("three-color") ware: molded white earthenware with variegated, lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
9th centuryChineseBuff sandstone. From Yungang, Shanxi province.
5th-6th centuryChineseBronze
20th centuryRussianTerracotta
6th-5th century BCEGreekFaience
EgyptianLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with degraded lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseBronze
17th centuryItalianTerracotta
Molded medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
2nd-1st century BCEChineseTerracotta
GreekGray-green jadeite
10th-12th centuryAztecMolded, brick-red earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
8th centuryChinese