13th-14th century
H. 3.2 x Diam. 15.8 cm (1 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Satsuma ware; white earthenware with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels and with impressed mark on the base reading 'Taizan'
19th centuryJapaneseNorthern black ware of Cizhou: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the exterior with russet skin, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain, biscuit reliefs, incised decoration, and gilding
19th centuryGermanPale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekKoryŏ white ware: molded white porcelaneous stoneware with pale bluish-green glaze. Reportedly recovered from a tomb in Posŏng, South Chŏlla province, in 1962.
12th centuryKoreanEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with kiln-blackened surface and with incised and openwork decoration
5th-6th centuryKoreanMolded light gray stoneware with traces of natural ash glaze
17th-20th centuryKoreanProbably Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze. Probably from the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
10th centuryChinese