Vessels

MINIATURE BYTHOIS UNDECORATED BOUGHT AT ATHENS

Classification

Vessels

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Related Artworks

Vessels

Small Circular Wine Bowl

Unknown Artist, 12th-early 13th century

Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze

12th-13th centuryChinese

Flat Dish with Stylized Chrysanthemum Decoration and with Single Chinese Character at the Center of the Blossom

Unknown Artist, 13th-14th century

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with cloudy celadon glaze, an unglazed, molded decorative element appliquéd at the center of the floor. From the Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province.

13th-14th centuryChinese

Vessels

Large Bowl with Angular Walls

Unknown Artist, late 11th - first half 12th century

Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze

11th-12th centuryChinese

Vessels

Circular Basin with Drum-Nail Decor and Three Cloud Scroll Feet

Unknown Artist, probably 15th century

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing

15th centuryChinese

Vessels

Long-spouted vessel with engraved decoration and inscription

Unknown Artist, c. 1600

Tinned copper

15th-16th centuryPersian

Vessels

Wine taster's cup

Unidentified Artist, 17th-19th century

Silver

17th-19th centuryFrench

Vessels

Wine taster's cup

Unidentified Artist, 17th-19th century

Silver

17th-19th centuryFrench

Terracotta

Unknown Artist, c. 4300-2600 BCE

White earthenware

5th-3rd millennium BCEChinese

Vessels

Beehive Cover

Unknown Artist, 19th-20th century

Reddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with brownish black (chromium, iron, and manganese) and blue (cobalt) under clear alkali glaze

Terracotta