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
Cast bronze
ChineseSoft-paste porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base of vessel
17th-18th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryAmericanTerracotta
6th centuryGreekYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over a thin coating of white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns, Huangpuzhen, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province
10th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
1st century CERomanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekSilver
19th centuryBritish
Bizen-type ware; reddish stoneware with incised and combed decoration and with three bands of oxidized silver-foil embellishment
20th centuryJapanese