probably 18th century
max.: H. 12.1 × Diam. 27.6 cm (4 3/4 × 10 7/8 in.) foot: Diam. 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.)
Monochrome 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 centuryChineseCast bronze; with inscriptions on the vessel floor and interior of cover
18th-19th centuryChineseTerracotta, white ground
5th century BCEGreekSilver
18th centuryBritishSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver, fruitwood, ivory
18th centuryBritishGrayish green nephrite with spurious mark on the base reading 'Da Qing Qianlongnian Wan'
19th centuryChineseBrass
15th centuryGermanSilver, gold-plated copper and enamel
15th centuryGermanBlack basaltes
19th centuryBritishEarthenware painted in black slip on white ground under transparent glaze
10th centuryPersianSilver
17th centuryBritish