n.d.
5.5 x 10 cm (2 3/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Gerhardt Liebmann, New York, NY, (by 1989), bequest; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.
Light gray stoneware with carved decoration under a celadon glaze
20th centuryKoreanMonochrome ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within the hollow stem
16th centuryChinese
Stoneware
20th centurySwedishKyō-yaki (Kyoto ware): buff earthenware with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
JapaneseHard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanMetal
15th-16th centuryItalianWhite stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekQingbai ware: porcelain with sky blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamel designs and yellow enamel ground added at a later date; with spurious overglaze black enamel mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base, the mark and double circle also covered in yellow enamel
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
1st millennium BCEGreekBiscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChinese