1830-1844 (Tenpō era)
H. 6.3 x Diam. 51 cm (2 1/2 x 20 1/16 in.)
Reddish earthenware covered in white slip, carved, and painted with green (copper), yellow (iron), and dark brown (manganese) under clear lead glaze (with zinc and barium)
20th centuryYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseReddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with black (manganese and iron) and red (iron) under clear lead glaze
10th centuryPersianBlue-and-white ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with underglaze cobalt-blue
15th centuryVietnamesePale yellow glass
1st-3rd century CERomanYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with misfired olive-brown celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseBlack basalt
18th centuryBritishEnameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel
19th centuryChineseBronze and --?
19th centuryFrenchPainted terracotta
3rd millennium BCEIranianNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseArita blue-and-white ware, Imari type: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryJapanese