Proto Three Kingdoms period, 1st-2nd century
H. 28.8 x W. 23 x Diam. 21.2 cm (11 5/16 x 9 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Byung S. Kang, New York (by 1994), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994.
Gray stoneware
4th-6th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Tianqi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekGray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigment
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseExport blue-and-white ware, Arita ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark of a single Chinese character on the base
17th-18th centuryJapaneseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with mottled iron-brown glaze over wax-resist brushwork decoration, with artist’s mark impressed on the base
21st centuryJapanesePlaster
Silver
18th centuryBritish