1st century BCE
20.7 x 37.8 x 35.4 cm (8 1/8 x 14 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Excavated from Grave 115 by Oric Bates and Dows Dunham at Gammai, Sudan (1915-1916). Natica Bates, Groton, MA (by 1924), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1924.
Brownish-gray earthenware with cord-marked surface
2nd millennium BCEChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanTerracotta, black glaze
4th century BCEGreekTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekPale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianSilver
17th centuryAmericanIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised bowstring lines
12th centuryKoreanProto porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
5th-4th century BCEChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal
17th-18th centuryChineseGlass
19th centuryAustrian