1740-1750
8.6 x 7.9 cm (3 3/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Private Collector; gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1940.
Cast bronze; with integrally cast inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th-10th century BCEChineseGreen-brown glass
1st-2nd century CERomanOverglaze painted fritware
18th centuryOttomanYellow-green glass
1st-3rd century CERomanCarved celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration
12th centuryKoreanTerracotta
1st century CERomanSea green nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with degraded lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue, the background areas embellished later with overglaze red enamel; underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseReddish clay, black paint
6th century BCEGreekAsh-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with thin, intentionally applied, brownish-green, ash glaze over all-over ground of iron-brown slip; with subtle decoration of incised lines. Reportedly recovered near Chŏnju, North Chŏlla province, in 1962.
13th centuryKorean