late 4th-first half 5th century
H. 25.6 x Diam. 15.9 cm (10 1/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Peter W. Scheinman purchased from dealer Martin Fung, Hong Kong
Very pale blue glass
1st-3rd century CERomanQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
12th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina
5th century BCEChineseOpaque blue glass
1st-3rd century CERomanPorphyry; six-character mark in seal script on the base reading 'Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi'
18th centuryChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseSilver
18th centuryAmericanEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChinese