Kangxi period, 1662-1722
H. 47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Metal and painted plaster
20th centuryGermanFritware, black painted under turquoise glaze
13th centurySyrianCarved cinnabar lacquer over a wooden core; with incised inscription reading "Ta
15th centuryChineseEarthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
3rd-4th century CEChineseTerracotta; pale reddish clay, black paint fired reddish-brown
5th century BCEGreekCast bronze; with integrally cast three-character inscription reading "Yao Zuo Yi" on the interior wall
11th-10th century BCEChineseTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 6 (liu) inscribed inside the footring before firing
15th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryAmericanMolded light gray stoneware with traces of natural ash glaze
17th-20th centuryKoreanCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with rust brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing. From the Ciyaobao kilns, Lingwu county, Ningxia Huizu Autonomous Region.
12th-13th centuryChinese