1774-1814
4.8 × 10.2 × 7.9 cm (1 7/8 × 4 × 3 1/8 in.)
Mrs. Edward P. Bliss, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928
Sterling
20th centuryAmericanSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in black enamel over an overglaze yellow ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
12th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed ware, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and with traces of decoration in overglaze gold enamel
ChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
11th-12th centuryKoreanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
15th-14th century BCEMycenaeanCast bronze
ChineseColorless glass
2nd-3rd century CERomanCloisonne enamel; polychrome enamels within brass cloisons on a copper base
19th centuryChinese