13.5 x 14 cm (5 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Terracotta, brown-gray ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianJizhou 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 centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with carved and molded decoration, the bats painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryKoreanCast bronze; with integrally cast three-character inscription reading "Yao Zuo Yi" on the interior wall
11th-10th century BCEChineseSilver with gilt interior
18th centuryBritishSilver
17th centuryBritishSilver, engraved and ammonia blackened
20th centuryGermanPunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over stamped decoration inlaid with white slip
15th centuryKoreanEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
2nd-1st millennium BCEChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrench