second half 6th-early 7th century
H. 21.4 x W. 10.8 x Diam. 10.6 cm (8 7/16 x 4 1/4 x 4 3/16 in.)
Peter W. Scheinman purchased from dealer Roger Keverne, London
Yue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
10th centuryChineseProto porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
5th-4th century BCEChineseOnda ware, 'zogan' technique: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip on the interior and over white slip brushed over chatter marks on the exterior; with three- (or four-?) character stamp of the Onda kilns impressed on the base
21st centuryJapaneseSilver
18th-19th centuryBritishGray earthenware with cold painted pigments
2nd-1st century BCEChineseBrown-glazed ware of Yue type: light gray stoneware with mottled medium brown glaze. Probably from the Deqing or Yuhang kilns, Zhejiang province.
4th-5th century CEChineseStoneware with grayish green glaze
14th-15th centuryChinesePainted plaster
Sancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark reading "Yu" on the base
19th centuryChineseOpaque black glass
2nd-3rd century CERomanTerracotta
8th century BCEGreek