Zhengde period, 1506-1521
H. 11.5 x Diam. 15 cm (4 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)
Opaque pale blue-green glass or faience
Pale blue glass
1st-3rd century CERomanUnderglaze slip-painted earthenware
10th centuryPersianLacquered wood
21st centuryJapaneseTerracotta, gray ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianSilver
19th centuryFrenchCeramic
13th-14th centuryFritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over blue (cobalt) transparent alkali glaze and white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin
13th centuryPersianDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseRock crystal
18th-19th centuryChinesePainted Jizhou ware: off-white stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip under a clear glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChinese