1st-2nd century CE
4.3 x 3.5 x 1.1 cm (1 11/16 x 1 3/8 x 7/16 in.)
Nelson Goodman, Weston, MA, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.
Satsuma ware; white earthenware with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels and with impressed inscription on the base
19th centuryJapanesePolychrome plaster
20th centuryMinoanGilt copper-alloy electrotype
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanCeramic
16th centuryPersianLongquan celadon ware: molded light gray stoneware with grayish olive celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze over carved ribs and appliqué handles
11th centuryChineseHammered silver
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the designs reserved against a ground of overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Hongzhi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
15th-16th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze and traces of decoration painted in overglaze gold enamel
18th centuryChineseGray stoneware with combed and appliqué decoration, perhaps originally with a fitted spout
5th centuryKoreanEarthenware
10th-13th centurySyrian