late 13th-early 14th century
H. 8.6 x Diam. 15.4 cm (3 3/8 x 6 1/16 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.
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches reserved against a cobalt powder blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseTerracotta
1st century CERomanTerracotta
16th-15th century BCEEgyptianLight gray stoneware with stamped decoration
7th-6th century BCEChineseCopper alloy
5th century BCEGreekSilver
18th centuryAmericanPale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
19th centuryChineseSterling
20th centuryAmericanPunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over stamped and incised decoration inlaid with white slip, the exterior with a broad band of white slip applied with a brush
15th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKorean