5th-6th century
H. 16.4 x Diam. 17.4 cm (6 7/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Kyle Edward Wilson, Jr., Alvin, Texas (by 1968-2002), estate sale; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003. Footnote: 1. Kyle Edward Wilson, Jr. (1931-2002)
Terracotta; buff clay, brown glaze, incised white
7th century BCEGreekEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishPorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware glazed in hues of greenish tea-dust with blue undertones, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-brown slip
12th-13th centuryChineseCloisonne enamel; polychrome enamels within brass cloisons on a copper base
19th centuryJapaneseGreen glass
Graeco-RomanSilver
19th centuryBritishCeramic
Persian