11th cent. BCE - 9th cent. BCE
H. 7.9 x Diam. 19.5 cm (3 1/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
Terracotta
2nd millennium BCEMycenaeanOriginally a pale greenish-white nephrite changed to a creamy-buff because of burning (so-called chicken-bone jade); the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta, black ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianTerracotta
2nd-3rd century CERomanYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta with black paint and traces of white painted spiral decoration
4th century BCESouth ItalianSilver
5th-4th century BCEGreekTerracotta
3rd millennium BCECypriotSilver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta
Greek