12th-early 13th century
max.: H. 4.4 × Diam. 18.2 cm (1 3/4 × 7 3/16 in.) foot: Diam. 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
Terracotta
6th-5th century BCEGreekExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseVery pale blue-green glass
1st-3rd century CERomanTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekBrass
15th centuryGermanCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
7th century BCEGreekTerracotta
4th-7th centuryByzantineGray stoneware with variegated clear, white, and pale lavender blue glazes over impressed decoration (so-called "mishima" technique); with incised signature of the artist reading "Makoto YABE" on the unglazed base, the surname written idiosyncratically
21st centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue surrounded by a wide border of overglaze red enamel (probably added at a later date) and exterior decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
16th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze suffused with buff markings and bluish white streaks. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChinese