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.
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze and with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip, the rim dressed with white slip under clear glaze, the base and unglazed lower portion with a brush-written inscription reading "Wei Han Han / Wei / Wei"
12th-13th centuryChineseHard-paste decorated with polychrome enamels
18th-19th centuryGermanTerracotta; black and red glaze
8th century BCEGreekTerracotta
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanGilt silver
16th centuryGermanSilver?
FrenchMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip; the lip banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseMetal
16th centuryItalianEnameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over crackled glaze; the unglazed footring dressed with an iron-brown slip
18th-19th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritish