Wanli period, 1572-1620
H. 26 x Diam. 16.5 cm (10 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Earthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseMolded white stoneware with decoration in pink and iron-saturated blue glaze over a semi-opaque, blue-tinted white glaze
20th centuryJapaneseFritware painted with blue (cobalt) and brown (chromium) under clear alkali glaze
17th centuryJizhou ware: ivory white stoneware with decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze, the reserved designs covered with clear glaze over slip-painted details. From the Jizhou kilns, near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze suffused with buff markings. From the Jizhou kilns, near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseUnglazed marbled ware: white, light gray, and dark brown laminated clays
12th centuryKoreanEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark reading "Shendetang zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseMonochrome 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 centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with mottled greenish-brown glaze. Probably made near Ŭijŏngbu, Kyŏnggi province.
18th-19th centuryKoreanPale blue glass
1st-3rd century CERomanCeramic
20th centuryGerman