late 18th-early 19th century
H. 7.6 x Diam. 21 cm (3 x 8 1/4 in.)
Alabaster
Silver
18th centuryBritishYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th centuryChineseSilverplate
20th centuryAmericanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseIga ware: grayish-white stoneware partially covered with a transparent green ash glaze
18th-19th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
7th-6th century BCEGreekCeramic
ChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseFritware with carved decoration under turquoise (copper) transparent alkali glaze
12th century