14th century
H. 1.8 x Diam. 12.8 cm (11/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Ralph C. Marcove, M.D., New York purchased from Sotheby's or Christie's, New York (late 1980s).
Stoneware with blue-and-white glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
13th-14th centuryChineseJizhou-type ware, probably Tushan ware: light gray stoneware with variegated brown and amber glazes over a white slip ground, the lower portion of the bottle coated with dark russet slip. Probably from the kilns at Tushan, Sichuan province.
12th-14th centuryChineseSilver with incised decoration
14th centuryChineseShufu ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze; with molded characters reading "Shu Fu" incorporated into the design
13th-14th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration
13th-14th centuryChineseJizhou-type ware, probably Tushan ware: light gray stoneware with variegated dark brown and transparent amber glazes over white slip ground. Probably from the kilns at Tushan, Sichuan province
12th-14th centuryChineseGanzhou ware: light gray stoneware, the unglazed exterior with combed and applique decoration, the interior with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze. From the kilns at Qili, Ganzhou, Jiangxi province
13th-14th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with misfired (?) bluish glaze, now cloudy green glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseStoneware with grayish green glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseJian ware: medium gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze gold. Perhaps from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
13th-14th centuryChineseCast bronze
14th-17th centuryChinese