12th-13th century
H. 1.7 x Diam. 11.1 cm (11/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2002], sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick, Woodside, CA (2002-2006), partial gift; to Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 2006.
Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration, the exterior with carved vertical lines suggesting petals. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseFritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over blue (cobalt) transparent alkali glaze
12th-13th centuryIslamic'Guan'-type ware: porcelain with thick grayish blue glaze over molded decoration; with inscription of the Qianlong Emperor dated to 1783 incised into the base
16th-17th centuryChineseBronze
6th-4th century BCEAchaemenid
Ceramic
20th centuryJapaneseEarthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware, slip-covered and burnished, with decoration painted in gold and silver and stamped
19th-20th centuryOttomanTerracotta
South ItalianPlaster

Bronze
20th centuryAmerican