12th-13th century
H. 10 x Diam. 7.8 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Ralph C. Marcove, M.D., New York purchased from Sotheby's, New York (1991).
Terracotta
6th century BCELydianQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale blue glaze embellished with iron-brown splashes
13th-14th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanPorcelain with molded "anhua" decoration and incised "anhua" mark reading "Yongle nian zhi" on the floor
18th centuryChineseStoneware with salt glaze
18th centuryBritishCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing to reveal the light gray body, the revealed body clay dressed with white glaze in localized areas
13th-14th centuryChineseBlack basalt with relief figures
18th centuryBritishTerracotta with polychrome decoration
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianTerracotta; pale orange clay with thick red slip
3rd millennium BCECypriotEnameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseSilver, fruitwood, ivory
18th centuryBritish