probably Kangxi period, late 17th-early 18th century
with cover: H. 15.6 x Diam. 14.3 x W. (across handles) 15.9 cm (6 1/8 x 5 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Gray earthenware with incised decor
ChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze suffused with buff markings. From the Jizhou kilns, near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseOpaque blue glass with yellow and white decoration
Pale blue-green glass
GreekNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: pink earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze embellished with designs in cobalt-blue, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChinese
Nickel silver and ebony
20th centuryGermanSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in black enamel over an overglaze yellow ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
15th centuryChineseSilver, engraved and ammonia blackened
20th centuryGermanBuff pottery
1st millennium BCEIranian