c. 1730
13.4 x 10.5 x 14 cm (5 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Ilse Bischoff, Hartland, Vermont, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1958
Fritware painted with blue (cobalt), turquoise (copper), and black (chromium) under clear alkali glaze
14th century'Guan'-type ware: porcelain with thick grayish blue glaze over molded decoration; with inscription of the Qianlong Emperor dated to 1783 incised into the base
16th-17th centuryChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchCizhou 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 centuryChineseSterling
20th centuryAmericanTerracotta
RomanHorn
17th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown and transparent amber glazes. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseFritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin
12th-13th centuryGrisaille-enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in black and iron-red enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Yongzheng nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th-20th centuryChineseCeramic
JapaneseBlue-green glass
1st-2nd century CERoman