Hongzhi period, 1488-1505
H. 4.9 x Diam. 26.5 cm (1 15/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
[J.T. Tai & Co., New York, ?], sold; to David Berg, New York (?–1999), bequest; to Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 1999. Note: David Berg (1904–1999)
Terracotta
2nd century CERomanCeramic
17th centuryJapaneseEnamelled porcelain in the style of Swatow porcelain of the Wan-li period: porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamels
20th centuryJapaneseNumbered 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 centuryChineseLacquer on wood
19th-20th centuryJapaneseBuff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianTerracotta; pale reddish clay with slip
8th century BCEGreekQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekTerracotta
GreekPossibly Xing ware; porcelain with incised and appliqué decoration. Possibly made at the Xing kilns, Hebei province.
10th-11th centuryChinesePinkish fritware with beaded and trailed slip relief, painted with black (chromite) under turquoise (copper) transparent alkali glaze
20th century