1993
The artist describes the technique of the bowl as follows: “White stoneware, high fire soda glaze, iron oxide, oribe blue glaze rim, low fire gold luster.”
5.1 × 35.6 cm (2 × 14 in.)
Cast bronze
ChinesePlaster
Earthenware
10th-13th centurySyrianSilverplate
20th centuryAmericanGilt copper-alloy electrotype
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseTerracotta, traces of paint
5th-4th century BCEGreekGlass
RomanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Chenghua nian zhi" on the base
18th centuryChineseRusset Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with mottled russet-surfaced, dark brown glaze. Probably from the kilns at Jianci village, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th centuryChineseSilver, wood, ivory
18th centuryBritish