8th century
Early Islamic period, probably Iraq or Iran. The lobes of the cup bear well-defined palmettes and foliate scrolls, and are outlined with beaded borders.
H. 7.9 x W. 17.5 cm (3 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.) without thumb rest: Diam. 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
John J. Herrmann Jr. and Annewies van den Hoek, (by 1979), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2007.
Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with translucent celadon glaze over mold-impressed decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
14th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with incised and openwork decoration and with traces of natural ash glaze
5th-6th centuryKoreanInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slips. Reportedly recovered from a tomb north of Ch'ŏngsu Temple, Kangwha Island, Kyŏnggi province.
13th centuryKoreanTerracotta
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanEaHarvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "ox blood" type: porcelain with variegated copper red glaze with crackled green transmutations on the neck and mouth
19th centuryChineseGreen glass
2nd-4th century CERomanTerracotta
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanTerracotta
GreekPorcelain
19th centuryFrenchTerracotta, gray ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolian