16th-17th century
H. 17.4 x Diam. 11.4 cm (6 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Gregory (1922-1988) and Maria C. Henderson (1923-2007), Medford, MA (by 1969-1988), inherited; by Maria C. Henderson, Medford, MA (1988-1991), partial gift and partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.
Terracotta
5th century BCEGreekStoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
12th centuryKoreanLight gray earthenware with black painted decor
8th-5th century BCEChineseTerracotta
South ItalianEarthenware with cold painted pigment
1st-3rd century CEChineseCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: ivory white stoneware with olive brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing
14th centuryChineseBronze
4th century BCEEtruscanCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a circle on the base
18th centuryChinese