18th-19th century
H. 25.7 x Diam. 11.1 cm (10 1/8 x 4 3/8 in.)
Metal
20th centuryGermanJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the saggar made of coarse reddish buff firing clay. Probably from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChinesePerhaps Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. Perhaps from the Yaozhou kilns, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th centuryChineseLavender jasperware body with applied lattice decoration in white relief
18th centuryBritish
Stoneware (for Rörstrand manufacture)
20th centurySwedishYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and applique decoration. Probably from the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejian province.
10th-11th centuryChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
7th-6th century BCEGreekCast bronze
2nd-1st century BCEChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the design reserved in red enamel against the yellow ground, the details articulated in black enamel on the reserved designs; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base.
16th centuryChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChinese