H. 31.9 x Diam. 34 cm (12 9/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Northern 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 centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseLight gray stoneware with olive-green ash glaze over applique lug handles
8th-9th centuryChineseProto-porcelain ware: stoneware with natural ash glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChinesePorcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
12th centuryChineseEarthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th centuryChineseCarved wood, the knob made of semi-precious stone
19th-20th centuryChineseCast bronze with greenish patina
11th-10th century BCEChinese