4th-5th century
H. 34.9 x Diam. 31.3 cm (13 3/4 x 12 5/16 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.
Light gray stoneware with kiln-darkened surface and with localized areas of natural ash glaze, the natural glaze droplets now disintegrated and flaked away
11th-13th centuryKoreanMonochrome glazed porcelain, "peach bloom" type; porcelain with rose-colored, copper-red glaze suffused with green and buff mottles; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
18th-19th centuryChineseCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing to reveal the light gray body, the revealed body clay dressed with white glaze in localized areas
13th-14th centuryChinesePlaster
Silver
18th centuryAmericanEarthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the Jian kilns at Jianyang, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled ware: porcelain with an all-over coating of yellow enamel over underglaze incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseGlass
19th centuryEuropeanCarved cinnabar lacquer over a wooden core; with incised inscription reading "Ta
15th centuryChineseSilver
20th centuryAmerican