c. 300 BCE
Large vessel. Side A: between handles, horizontal panel with bird, rosettes. Below: bird, fluted sections. Side B: fluted sections.
H. 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseCloisonné enamel ware; polychrome enamels on brass; with incised signature reading "Kyōto Namikawa" on a silver plaque adhered to the base
19th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
HellenisticQingbai-type ware: molded pale gray stoneware with pale sky-blue glaze
13th-14th centuryChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryAmericanSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchRusset Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kiln complex, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChinese26 oz./18 dwt.
17th centuryBritishLight gray earthenware with dark brown glaze and splash of greenish glaze on mouth and neck
18th centuryJapaneseEarthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseMottled buff and olive-green nephrite, dimly translucent at the edges
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChinese