probably Ming dynasty, late 16th - early 17th century
H. 20.1 x W. 16.5 x D. 12.3 cm (7 15/16 x 6 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.)
Mrs. Warfield Longcope, Baltimore, MD (by 1946), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1946.
Painted Jizhou ware: very light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip; with two-character inscription reading 'Yuwang' incised on the base. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChinesePorcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with gold enamel painted on a red enamel ground added to the exterior at a later date; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi" within a single circle on the base.
16th-17th centuryChineseCeramic
13th centuryPersianEnameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekCizhou-type ware: light gray stoneware with medium brown glaze over white slip, the decoration incised into the glaze before firing to reveal the white slip. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
16th centuryChineseBrick-orange earthenware with impressed decoration
5th millennium BCEChineseTerracotta, black ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianSilver with parcel gilding and with inlaid black stone
4th-3rd century BCEChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseArita ware, Kakiemon style: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
18th-19th centuryJapanesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel added to the exterior at a later date
16th-17th centuryChinese