c. 1735
10.2 × 11.5 cm (4 × 4 1/2 in.)
Dr. Edward G. Schiffman [Sotheby's New York ,Sale 6609, October 20, 1994, lot 271) sold; to Timotheus Pohl, Hartland Vermont; gift; to Busch Reisinger Museum 2020.
Enamel
20th centuryAustrianJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the base with a brush-written inscription reading 'Te'
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
8th century BCEGreekLight gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip
17th centuryKoreanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekHard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration, and gilding
18th centuryGermanBuff earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over molded decoration
17th-19th centuryTerracotta
5th-4th century BCEGreekPorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue on the interior and gold enamel painted on a red enamel ground on the exterior, the exterior decoration added at a later date
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
2nd century CERomanGlass
20th centurySwedishEnameled biscuit porcelain: molded biscuit porcelain with decoration painted in aubergine enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double-circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChinese