late 9th-10th century
From the Huangpu kiln, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province.
H. 3.7 x Diam. 16.7 cm (1 7/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Peter W. Scheinman purchased at Sotheby's, New York (December 1992, Lot no. 261)
Ceramic
12th-13th centuryPersianDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the unglazed rim bound with brass. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseFritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over blue (cobalt) transparent alkali glaze and white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin
13th centuryPersianInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised and carved decoration and over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKoreanGray stoneware with cord-impressed flute pattern
9th-10th centuryKoreanEnameled porcelain, possible "kinrande" type: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, and yellow enamels, and traces of gold enamel
16th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta
Hard-paste decorated with polychrome overglaze
19th centuryGermanPorcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels; with spurious mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi"
17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
18th centuryChinese