12th-13th century
H. 7.6 × Diam. 16.8 cm (3 × 6 5/8 in.)
Provenance: J.J. Lally & Co., New York Christie’s, New York, Sale 9822, Lot 91 Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr. Collection, New York (Collection number 103); purchased from C.T. Loo & Cie, Paris, in February 1963 C.T. Loo & Cie, Paris Mme. Ramet, Paris
Jian 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 centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration and turquoise inlays
2nd millennium BCEChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
3rd-4th century CEChinesePunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on the white-slip ground on the interior; the exterior with pale celadon glaze over decoration lightly brushed in white slip
16th centuryKoreanTerracotta
7th century BCEGreekBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseTerracotta
CypriotPale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseTerracotta, black glaze, decorated with grooves
5th-4th century BCEEtruscanJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreek