late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
max.: H. 11.8 × W. 12.7 × D. 9.3 cm (4 5/8 × 5 × 3 11/16 in.)
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with "anhua" decoration painted in white slip on the interior cavetto and with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" on the base
20th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin and purplish brown slip on the lower portion. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a circle on the base
18th centuryChineseBlack basalt
18th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryBritishMetal
20th centuryGermanPlaster
RomanCeramic
20th centuryDutchTerracotta
Silver
18th centuryAmericanTerracotta
2nd century BCEHellenistic