12th-13th century
H. 7.7 x Diam. 15.9 cm (3 1/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Peter W. Scheinman purchased from dealer Mason Wong, Hong Kong
Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
18th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with clear glaze over applied powdered cobalt; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseMonochrome ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze over incised decoration; with incised underglaze mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within an incised double-circle on the base
16th centuryChineseTerracotta; reddish yellow clay with slip, decoration in dark brown glaze
7th century BCEGreekTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekHard-paste porcelain with feldspathic glaze
18th-19th centuryGerman
Jun-type ware: light gray stoneware with light blue glaze enlivened with bluish-purple splashes from copper filings; with incised signature reading "Minoru" on the unglazed base
20th centuryJapaneseWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseStoneware with blue-and-white glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChinese