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
Terracotta, bichrome brown and light brown on white buff
12th-11th century BCEMycenaeanTerracotta
2nd millennium BCENear EasternCast bronze with gray-green patina
6th-5th century BCEChineseEnamel on copper
16th centuryFrenchMetal
16th centuryItalianSilver
17th centuryBritishSilver gilt
17th centuryBritishCeramic
19th centuryJapaneseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration, the exterior with carved vertical lines suggesting petals. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the saggar fragments made of coarse reddish buff firing clay. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels
18th-19th centuryGermanGray stoneware with stamped decoration. Reportedly recovered near Kyŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province, in 1962 or 1963.
6th-7th centuryKorean