10th cent. BCE - 8th cent. BCE
12.6 x 12.3 x 14.2 cm (4 15/16 x 4 13/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Light gray stoneware with blackened surfaces, the decoration polished into the matte surface before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekBrass
15th centuryGermanEarthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th centuryChineseLeaded bronze
1st-2nd century CERomanProbably Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze. Probably from the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
10th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekArita enameled ware, Imari type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and gold enamels; with Johanneum mark incised into the glaze on the base
17th-18th centuryJapanese