before 1810
15.2 cm diam. x 1.6 cm depth (6 x 5/8 in.)
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Ziqiang buxi yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Room of Unceasing Self-Improvement) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
16th-15th century BCEEgyptianSteel with gold overlay
19th centuryPersianDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration
11th-12th centuryChineseCeramic earthenware
19th centuryDutchRed earthenware
2nd millennium BCEChineseTerracotta
3rd millennium BCECypriotTerracotta, black ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianCeramic
18th centuryJapanese