probably Colonial or Republican period, 20th century
H. 7.6 x Diam. 6.8 cm (3 x 2 11/16 in.)
Shirley Nye (d. 2003), New York (by 1999), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.
'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 centuryChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChineseCast bronze
11th-10th century BCEChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with sky-blue glaze over mold-impressed decoration; the unglazed rims originally bound with metal. Probably from the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
10th-11th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over molded decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseStoneware with greenish gray glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseBuff pottery with whitish encrustation
1st millennium BCEIranianStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChineseCeramic
17th-20th centuryPersianBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from a kiln at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
15th centuryChineseIncised and molded celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised and molded decoration
12th centuryKorean