c. 1927
6.5 x 7.5 x 5 cm (2 9/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze suffused with buff markings and bluish white streaks. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Shufang zhai yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Studio of Fresh Fragrance) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseTerracotta, brown ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianHard-paste porcelain, biscuit reliefs, incised decoration, and gilding
19th centuryGermanCeramic
20th centurySwedishCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration incised and carved into an all-over coating of white slip, the whole piece covered with a clear, transparent glaze
12th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
17th-18th centuryChinesePorcelain
20th centuryAmericanIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
11th-12th centuryKoreanRed, green and black lacquer
Chinese