16th century
H. 4.5 x Diam. 14.2 cm (1 3/4 x 5 9/16 in.)
Robert D. Mowry, Brookline, MA (by 2003), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.
Glass, engraved and gilded
18th centuryBritishTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekBlack-surfaced cast bronze; with dedicatory inscription by Qing cast on vessel floor
11th-10th century BCEChineseGray stoneware with incised and openwork decoration
6th centuryKoreanPale green glass
1st-2nd century CERomanDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the vertical ribs trailed in white slip, the unglazed lip bound with metal. From the Ding kilns in Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised bowstring line decoration on exterior
12th centuryChinesePorcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the designs reserved in yellow against a red enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi"
16th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with appliqué handle
6th centuryKoreanCopper
19th centuryOttomanPlaster
Light gray stoneware with decoration cold-painted in brown and yellow pigments over white gesso ground
3rd-1st century BCEChinese