25-220 CE
H. 6.5 x Diam. 18.5 cm (2 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Stone
19th centuryEuropean?Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in polychrome enamels over a crackled glaze
19th centuryChinesePerhaps Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. Perhaps from the Yaozhou kilns, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th centuryChinesePorcelain with overglaze red, green, and gold enamels
18th centuryJapaneseYellow glass
1st-3rd century CERomanHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanCloisonne enamel; polychrome enamels within brass cloisons on a copper base
19th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseOriginally a pale greenish-white nephrite changed to a creamy-buff because of burning (so-called chicken-bone jade); the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
9th-8th century BCEGreek