17th cent. - 18th cent.
5.1 x 30.1 x 15.5 cm (2 x 11 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Purchased from James Soong, San Francisco, in March 1988.
Terracotta
2nd millennium BCECypriotPale green glass
1st-2nd century CERomanPlain celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
12th centuryKoreanSilver
18th centuryBritishSilver
20th centuryAmericanCast bronze
14th-17th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray (or light grayish buff) stoneware with dark brown glaze suffused with buff markings. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseLight gray stoneware with localized areas of natural ash glaze and of kiln-darkened surface
5th-6th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryKoreanLightly burnished gray earthenware with modeled and appliqué decoration. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qing hai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseSilver
18th centuryAmerican