Bulbous form with flared lip decorated with eight diamonds. Ten protruding bracket shapes around circumference.
9.21 x 14.61 x 14.13 cm (3 5/8 x 5 3/4 x 5 9/16 in.)
Qingbai-type ware: off-white or gray stoneware with pale sky-blue glaze over applique decoration.
13th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseMetal
11th-12th centuryEgyptianBuff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryKoreanNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
13th-14th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Changchun shuwu yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Studio of Everlasting Spring) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseGlass
20th centuryAustrianSilver
19th centuryAmerican
Ceramic
20th centuryJapanese