c. 5000-4000 BCE
7.7 x 76 cm (3 1/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Russet Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron-oxide. Probably from the kilns at Jianci villiage, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseMetal and painted plaster
20th centuryGermanTerracotta
6th century BCEEtruscanSilver
17th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryBritishQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with polychrome and gilded decoration.
19th centuryGermanMetal
16th centuryItalianFritware
11th-12th centuryYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decor. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryFrench