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
5th century BCEGreekLiao sancai ("three-color") ware: molded grayish white earthenware with lead-fluxed amber-yellow and emerald-green glazes
11th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekLeaded bronze
5th century BCEGreekBlack and red glaze
4th-3rd century BCEGreekFritware painted with blue (cobalt), turquoise (copper), and black (chromium) under clear alkali glaze
14th centuryTerracotta with dark brown paint around rim and streak across middle
1st century CERomanEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red and green enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark simulating a coin and reading "Chang Ming Fu Gui"
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
13th century BCEMycenaean"Wucai" ware: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, and yellow enamels, the bowstring-line borders painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province
16th-17th centuryChineseBlack-surfaced cast bronze; with integrally cast dedicatory inscriptions by Qing inscribed on the vessel floor and interior of lid
11th-10th century BCEChinesePale greenish white nephrite
19th centuryChinese