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
Terracotta, white slip on body
5th-4th century BCEItalicEnamelled porcelain: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels, with inscriptions on base of each reading "Dainippon Kutani Shei-ei-do-sei"
19th centuryJapaneseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the background areas embellished with overglaze yellow enamel; underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with molded decor under a celadon glaze
ChineseSilver
19th centuryPersianSilver
18th centuryAmericanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekSilver
17th centuryBritishSilver
17th-18th centuryAmericanNickel silver and ebony
20th centuryGermanGray stoneware with incised, appliqué, and openwork decoration and with traces of natural ash glaze. Reportedly recovered in Ch'angnyŏng, South Kyŏngsang province, in 1962.
6th-7th centuryKorean