9th-10th century
H. 15 x Diam. 10.5 cm (5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Metal
20th centuryGermanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
15th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishGilt copper-alloy electrotype
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanCizhou-type lead-glazed ware: brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze over an all-over coating of white slip that has been incised and carved to create the decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and incised decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseCloisonné enamel ware; polychrome enamels on brass; with incised signature reading "Kyōto Namikawa" on a silver plaque adhered to the base
19th centuryJapaneseLight gray stoneware with incised and openwork decoration and with traces of natural ash glaze
5th centuryKoreanQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over combed, molded, and openwork decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChinese