probably late 11th-early 12th century
5 x 12.8 cm (1 15/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
William B. Goldstein, M.D. purchased from The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York
Metal
20th centuryGermanJizhou ware: ivory white stoneware with decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze, the reserved designs covered with clear glaze over slip-painted details, selected details incised through the brown glaze. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChinesePale green glass
1st-4th century CECypriotCeramic
18th centuryJapanesePewter
19th centuryGermanJade carved in Mughal style; grayish green jadeite with emerald green markings; the stone of Burmese origin
18th-19th centuryChinesePlaster
Enameled biscuit porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseMixed copper alloy
Unidentified centuryUnidentified cultureLight gray stoneware with kiln-blackened surface and with incised and openwork decoration
5th-6th centuryKoreanTerracotta
5th centuryGreekEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a circle on the base
18th centuryChinese