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.
Opaque blue glass with yellow decoration
5th-4th century BCEGreekPlain celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
11th centuryKoreanSilver
18th centuryBritishLight gray stoneware with incised and openwork decoration and with kiln-darkened surface
5th-6th centuryKoreanKyoto ware: buff earthenware with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryJapaneseEnameled ware, 'fencai' type: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading 'Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi' in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseSterling
19th centuryAmericanHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels
18th-19th centuryGermanHard-paste porcelain with feldspathic glaze
GermanPlaster
Gray stoneware with incised and stamped decoration and with splashes of natural ash glaze. Reportedly recovered in Kyŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province.
7th-8th centuryKoreanTerracotta
6th century BCEGreek