late 11th - first half 12th century
max.: H. 5 × Diam. 19.3 cm (1 15/16 × 7 5/8 in.) foot: Diam. 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
William B. Goldstein, M.D. purchased from Blitz Antiek en Kunsthandel / Blitz Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Terracotta
GreekBurnished gray earthenware
2nd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseOff-white to pale buff stoneware (possibly porcellaneous white stoneware) with crazed, cloudy white glaze
18th-19th centuryKoreanEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchEarthenware with green splashed lead glaze
8th centuryChineseCarved wood, the knob made of semi-precious stone
19th-20th centuryChineseTerracotta
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the Jian kilns at Jianyang, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChinese