12th cent. - 13th cent.
H. 3.3 x Diam. 12.8 cm (1 5/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Earthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with incised and carved decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
15th-16th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseFritware molded relief decoration under turquoise glaze
12th centuryPersianTerracotta
7th centuryByzantineCeramic
17th centurySpanishDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over mold-impressed decoration, the unglazed rim bound with metal. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
12th-13th centuryChineseEarthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseGray stoneware with stamped decoration. Reportedly recovered near Kyŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province, in 1962 or 1963.
6th-7th centuryKoreanStone
3rd millennium BCENear Eastern"Wucai" (five-color) ware, of so-called "kinrande" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Fu Gui Jia Qi" on the base
16th centuryChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapanese