500 BCE-300 BCE
Askos (pouring vessel) in the shape of a recumbent boar; opening for filling equipped with strainer on proper right shoulder, tube-like spout on right hindquarters; double-string handle on back. Remains of dark paint in ears, traces of red in left angle of snout; heavy incrustation with traces of rust.
20.96 cm (8 1/4 in.)
From the collection of Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg.
Silver
17th-19th centuryFrenchFritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin
12th-13th centuryEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th-20th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChinesePorcelain 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 centuryJapaneseBone
5th centuryRoman?Glass
20th centurySwedish?Export blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseCrossbar: Bronze; Rivet: Copper
4th-3rd century BCEGreek or EtruscanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekPale green glass
RomanSilver, gilt
17th centuryBritish