c.600 BCE
29 x 16 cm (11 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Cast bronze; with inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th-10th century BCEChineseTransferware porcelain
19th centuryBritishTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekTerracota
4th-3rd millennium BCEMycenaeanLight gray stoneware with pitted, grayish white glaze
17th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
AmlashTerracotta
4th-1st century BCEGreekNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryAmericanGritty, semi-translucent brown glass
1st-3rd century CERomanPorcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the designs reserved in yellow against a red enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi"
16th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Sui'an shi yong"(Palace of Double Glory, used in the Room of Ease and Contentment) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChinese