18th-19th century
H. 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.)
Light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze
11th centuryChineseCopper alloy
1st century CERomanMottled grayish white nephrite
11th-13th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "qingbai" type: porcelain with pale, sky-blue glaze over molded and incised decor; with incised mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseTerracotta
CypriotBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; the rim darked with underglaze iron-brown slip; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishMetal
20th centuryGermanUnderglaze slip-painted earthenware
9th-11th centuryPersianPolychrome plaster
20th centuryMinoanHorn or tortoise shell with decoration in black, crimson and gold lacquer
19th centuryJapanesePorcelain with decoration painted in gold enamel over a red enamel ground added at a later date
16th centuryChinese