12th-early 13th century
8.6 x 14.9 cm (3 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Peter W. Scheinman purchased at Sotheby's, London
Silver
18th-19th centuryBritishInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with carved decoration and inlaid black and white slip under celadon glaze
20th centuryKoreanTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekHard paste off-white porcelain with gilt rims
19th centuryRussianPlaster
Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in light and dark brown slips on a white slip ground; with maker's mark reading 'Wang Jia Zao' (Made [by the] Wang Family) brushed in underglaze dark brown slip on the underside.
12th-13th centuryChineseHard-paste with polychrome enamels
18th-19th centuryGermanSilver colored
Unidentified cultureCeramic
17th centuryJapaneseGray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground
7th-8th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 4 (si) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong jingqi xuan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Pavilion of Serene Repose) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChinese