14th century
11.9 x 5.8 x 4.9 cm (4 11/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Silver
18th centuryBritishWhite ware: porcelain with ivory glaze stained brown. Probably made in Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
17th-18th centuryKoreanImitation Wanli, "wucai" type ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
19th-20th centuryJapaneseImari celadon ware: fine-grained, light gray stoneware with decoration in cobalt blue under a celadon glaze
18th-19th centuryJapaneseTerracotta; buff clay, reddish and black glaze
7th century BCEGreekJizhou ware: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChinese
Light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze over molded and applique elements
19th-20th centuryChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina; with an inscription cast on both the vessel floor and lid interior
14th-11th century BCEChineseBronze
ChinesePunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over incised decoration inlaid in black and white slips
15th 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 centuryChinese
Nickel silver and ebony
20th centuryGerman