late 11th-first half 12th century
H. 4.6 × Diam. 12.6 cm (1 13/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
Peter W. Scheinman purchased from dealer Sydney L. Moss, London
Splashed Jun ware: coarse gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
13th-14th centuryChineseTerracotta
CypriotPlain celadon ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
12th centuryKoreanCeramic
ChineseTang/Five Dynasties white ware, possibly Xing ware: porcelain with clear glaze, the barbed rim knife-cut. Possibly from the Xing kilns, Hebei province.
9th-10th centuryChineseBlack basalt
18th centuryBritishQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration
12th centuryChineseProto-porcelain ware: stoneware with natural ash glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: ivory white stoneware with olive brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing
14th centuryChineseMottled buff and olive-green nephrite, dimly translucent at the edges
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseTerracotta
8th century BCEGreekTerracotta
5th century BCEGreek