11th-early 12th century
H. 3.9 x Diam. 12 cm (1 9/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
[J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1999], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.
Fritware
12th-13th centuryPersianTerracotta
2nd-3rd century CERomanPlaster
RomanMetal
14th centuryItalianBronze
20th centuryAmericanRed Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze and with traces of decoration in overglaze gold leaf
11th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "peach bloom" type; porcelain with rose-colored, copper-red glaze suffused with green and buff mottles; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
18th-19th centuryChinesePainted Jizhou ware: very light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip; with two-character inscription reading 'Yuwang' incised on the base. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, black, and gold enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Ta Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
19th-20th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseCarved greenish yellow stone with caramel and reddish brown mottles (perhaps soapstone); dark brown stone stand
19th centuryChinese