late 13th – early 14th century
H. 4.6 x Diam. 14.9 cm (1 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Shirley Nye (d. 2003), New York (by 1999), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.
Ash-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with thin, intentionally applied, brownish-green, ash glaze over all-over ground of iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered in North or South Chŏlla province, in 1959.
13th centuryKoreanTinned copper
15th-16th centuryPersianFritware
14th centuryPersianTerracotta
GreekStoneware with variegated blue glaze, the exposed body at the foot coated with an iron brown slip
19th centuryChineseUnderfired Black Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with brownish green, tea-dust-like glaze. Probably from the kilns at Jianci village, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Sui'an shi yong"(Palace of Double Glory, used in the Room of Ease and Contentment) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekGray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground
7th-8th centuryChinese