1st century CE
3 x 11.9 cm (1 3/16 x 4 11/16 in.)
Richard C. Brockway, Acquired this object in the early 1960s..
Terracotta
6th-5th century BCEEtruscanFritware, black painted under turquoise glaze
12th-13th centurySyrianTerracotta
ItalicSterling
20th centuryAmericanNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
13th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Ziqiang buxi yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Room of Unceasing Self-Improvement) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseRock crystal
18th-19th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 6 (liu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseGray stoneware with incised and stamped decoration and with splashes of natural ash glaze. Reportedly recovered in Kyŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province.
7th-8th centuryKorean