An unusual white stoneware flask in the form of a leather pouch. Liao Dynasty, 10th Century. Photo Sotheby's the lower part of oval section, the upper part terminating in a flat bracket-lobed flange and tubular spout with everted lip, the flange enclosed...

A Kangxi blue and white porcelain vase, China, 1662-1722. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010. On a spreading foot rising to high shoulder, with white metal mount capped by dome with pointed finial, decorated with chrysanthemums and scrolling vines -...

A Mamluk Enamelled Glass Flask, Egypt or Syria, Mid-14th Century The rounded body with flatter underside and short foot, rising to a slowly widening tubular mouth, the broad rounded shoulder with a main band of three large roundels each containing a small...