1688-1689
5 x 12.7 cm (1 15/16 x 5 in.)
Francis Hall (1856-1915) of Park Hall, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, by descent to Francis Hall. [Christie's, London, July 20, 1915, lot 99 (bt. Gooden & Fox)]. [Anonymous sale (P.D. Griffiths), Christie's, London, November 19, 1919, lot 89 (bt. Schwerze)]. Sir John Noble, 1st Bt. (1865-1938), by descent; to his son Sir Andrew Noble, 2nd Bt. [Christie's, London, November 24, 1943, lot 58]. [James Oakes, Ltd., London]. Richard George Meech, [Q.C. sale, The Meech Collection, Sotheby's, New York, October 22, 1993, lot 49]. The Whiteley Trust, [sale, Silver from the Collection of the Whiteley Trust, Christie's, London, June 13, 2000, lot 13], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2000.
Jade
17th centuryIndianHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel and underglaze decoration.
18th centuryGerman
Stoneware
20th centurySwedishEarthenware with applique and impressed decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved
12th centuryChineseTurned bronze
12th-13th centuryKoreanTerracotta
Gray stoneware
5th-3rd century BCEChineseVery pale blue glass
1st-2nd century CERomanQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised, carved, and roulette-wheel impressed decoration
12th centuryChinese