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)
Terracotta
5th century BCEGreekGray stoneware
5th century BCEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th-19th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in black slip on a white-slip ground under a clear glaze, the clear glaze then covered all over with a lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze; with brush-written inscription on the interior of the foot ring
12th-13th centuryChinese26 oz./18 dwt.
17th centuryBritishTerracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianBronze
3rd century BCEGraeco-PersianPlain celadon ware: very light gray porcellaneous stoneware with lightly crazed celadon glaze
14th-15th centuryKoreanPorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, with relief plub blossoms touched on in white slip and embellished with pale celadon glaze, the background with overglaze yellow enamel; with spurious mark underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
19th centuryJapaneseSilver
19th centuryAmerican