H. 10.16 x Diam. 19.37 cm (4 x 7 5/8 in.)
Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanFritware painted with black (chromium), turquoise (copper), blue (cobalt), brownish-red (iron), and pink (iron and tin) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin, and gilded.
12th-13th centuryBronze
8th centuryJapaneseMarble
3rd millennium BCECycladicFritware with design carved and incised through black (chromium) slip under turquoise (copper) transparent alkali glaze
18th-20th centurySilver
17th centuryBritishEarthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th-7th centuryChinesePunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over stamped and incised decoration inlaid with white slip, the exterior with a broad band of white slip applied with a brush
15th centuryKorean