13th-14th century
9.4 x 11.5 cm (3 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Peter W. Scheinman purchased at Sotheby's, London
Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta; glazed
9th-8th century BCEGreekTerracotta; buff slip, brown glaze
7th century BCEGreekGray stoneware with combed, stamped, and openwork decoration. Reportedly recovered in Haep'yŏng-myŏn, Sŏnsan-gun, North Kyŏngsang province, in 1959.
5th centuryKoreanTerracotta
15th-14th century BCEMycenaeanLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over stamped decoration
15th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 8 (ba) inscribed on base; “Ying tai Lan shi yong” (Ocean Terrace, used in the Orchid Room) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseCream colored earthenware with white slip and polychrome decoration
19th centuryBritishPlaster
Earthenware with cold painted pigmentEarthenware with cold painted pigment
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseCast bronze
Chinese