12th-11th century BCE
Six brush-stroke stripes on handle, lips, spout and neck painted at joins with body. Thick, irregular wavy line motif on shoulder, thick concenctric bands at belly and below. Footed. Buff slip with red paint, sratched, chipped, some encrustaiton.
H. 12, D. 9.5
Formerly in the collection of David Moore Robinson.
White nephrite
18th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with appliqué handles and with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion and the interior dressed with medium brown glaze
12th centuryChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseGlass, mold blown and tooled
10th-11th centuryPersianPlaster
White earthenware with decoration in black and blue pigment under a clear, crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryJapaneseMedium gray earthenware with incised and carved decoration and with traces of cold-painted pigments
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseMottled light green nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseStoneware with blue glaze; with three spur marks in the center
14th-17th centuryChineseCast bronze with incrustations of green patina; with inscription on both the vessel floor and lid interior
11th century BCEChineseTerracotta
4th century BCEItalian