late 17th-early 18th century
H. 10.1 x Diam. 16.2 cm (4 x 6 3/8 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.
Tin-glazed earthenware
16th centuryItalianPale blue-green glass
Buff earthenware with decoration painted in dark brown slip, the surface burnished before firing. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province; probably Gansu province.
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchSilver
18th centuryBritishEnamel
20th centuryAustrianJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseBronze
19th-20th centuryGerman?