9th-8th century BCE
Handle decorated with four bands. Fragmentary.
H. 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Russet Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with mottled russet-surfaced, dark brown glaze. Probably from the kilns at Jianci village, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th centuryChineseCeramic
20th centuryGermanEarthenware with monochrome green glaze
18th centuryPersianNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed ware, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and with traces of decoration in overglaze gold enamel
ChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration, the exterior with carved vertical lines suggesting petals. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseCeramic
ItalianMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th centuryChineseCast bronze; with an inscription cast behind the animal's neck
14th-11th century BCEChineseHard-paste porcelain with feldspathic glaze
GermanSilver
18th centuryBritish