H. 7.62 x Diam. 20.32 cm (3 x 8 in.)
Cast bronze with gray-green patina
6th-5th century BCEChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
17th-20th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and incised decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChineseGanzhou ware: light gray stoneware, the unglazed exterior with combed and applique decoration, the unglazed neck with beads of pearly white glaze to form the bosses, the interior with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze. From the kilns at Qili Ganzhou, Jiangxi province
13th-14th centuryChineseEarthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChinese