11th-12th century
H. 11.4 x Diam. 5.5 cm (4 1/2 x 2 3/16 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.
Earthenware with traces of slip-painted decoration
5th millennium BCEChineseWhite ware: porcelain with clear glaze
19th-20th centuryKoreanRed, green and black lacquer
ChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseBuff 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 BCEChineseWhite stoneware with pale celadon glaze over appliqué decoration
13th-14th centuryVietnameseGray stoneware with stamped decoration. Reportedly recovered near Kyŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province, in 1962 or 1963.
6th-7th centuryKoreanReddish earthenware covered in white slip, carved, and painted with green (copper), yellow (iron), and dark brown (manganese) under clear lead glaze (with zinc and barium)
20th centuryEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze coral-red, green, and black enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryKoreanEarthenware
6th millennium BCEChineseCast bronze with gold and turquoise inlay
5th-3rd century BCEChinese