15th-17th century
H. 36.8 cm (14 1/2 in.)
Cizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing to reveal the light gray body, the revealed body clay dressed with white glaze in localized areas
13th-14th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with clear glaze over applied powdered cobalt; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseCopper
19th centuryOttomanJade carved in Mughal style; grayish green jadeite with emerald green markings; the stone of Burmese origin
18th-19th centuryChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with underglaze decoration painted in dark brown slip on a white-slip ground
ChineseSilver, gilt
18th centuryBritishFritware, blue under transparent glaze and brownish overglaze luster painted
12th-13th centurySyrianInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slips under a celadon glaze
13th centuryKorean