late Zhou to Han dynasty, 4th century BCE-2nd century CE
L. 14.6 x W. 1.9 cm (5 3/4 x 3/4 in.)
Dr. and Mrs. Milford D. Schulz purchased at the Louis Joseph auction company, Boston (ca. 1950s).
Copper alloy
ChineseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseGray stoneware
8th centuryChineseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseInk and color on carved wood
19th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised details. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseEarthenware with brown lead glaze
3rd-4th century CEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double rectangle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChinese