late 13th century - 14th century
4.45 x 20.32 cm (1 3/4 x 8 in.)
Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the designs reserved against a ground of overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Hongzhi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
15th-16th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekSilver
17th-19th centuryFrench
Light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze over molded and applique elements
19th-20th centuryChineseSevres porcelain, turquoise glaze with painted, gilt decoration
19th centuryFrenchSilver with repousse decoration picked out in parcel gilding
7th-8th centuryChineseRed and white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze copper red
18th centuryKoreanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches and plum branches reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration, and gilding
18th centuryGermanYaozhou ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChinese