mid 12th-13th century
H. 13.4 x Diam. 18 cm (5 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
Ex-coll: Robert M. Ferris, IV, Windsor, VT, 1978-1997 Sotheby's, London, 30 March 1978 Chinese sale, lot 154
Silver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta; buff clay, white slip with red and black decoration
11th-8th century BCECypriotEnameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina; with dedicatory inscription cast on vessel floor
11th-10th century BCEChineseEarthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseEarthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze yellow, pink, and red enamels and scrolling floral pattern lightly incised in the yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th-19th centuryChineseTerracotta; reddish yellow clay with slip
7th-6th century BCEGreek
Nickel silver and ebony
20th centuryGermanSilver
16th centuryBritishMonochrome enamelled ware: porcelain with yellow enamel applied on the biscuit over incised decoration, the base with clear glaze; spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark on base reading "Hongzhi nian zhi"
17th centuryChinese