late 11th - first half 12th century
max.: H. 4.7 × Diam. 9.5 cm (1 7/8 × 3 3/4 in.) mouth: Diam. 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.) foot: Diam. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
William B. Goldstein, M.D. purchased from Blitz Antiek en Kunsthandel / Blitz Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Provenance: Ray Thompson Collection
Pale yellow-green glass
1st-3rd century CERomanBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze and overglaze decoration
4th century CEChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekSilver
18th centuryAmericanCeramic
GermanPale greenish white nephrite
19th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChinese