3rd century BCE
h. 5.7 cm x diam. 12.5 cm (2 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.)
Suleiminiyeh Rabi collection, Iran. Jonthan Kagan, New York, NY, (by 1995), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.
White stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal
17th-18th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryAmericanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 4 (si) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong jingqi xuan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Pavilion of Serene Repose) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseGilded metal
17th centuryDutchSilver
19th centuryBritishCeramic
17th centuryJapaneseMottled green and white jadeite, the stone of Burmese origin
19th-20th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishCeramic
19th centuryRussianYaozhou ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrench