581-618
H. 9.8 x Diam. 12.5 cm (3 7/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoraiton painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Longqing nian zao" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChinesePlaster
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with overglaze sepia-enamel hallmark reading "Xu Hua Tang zhi" on the base
18th centuryChineseArita ware: porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamels
17th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
5th-4th century BCEGreekNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th century BCEItalicNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Changchun shuwu yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Studio of Everlasting Spring) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseMolded celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration
12th centuryKorean