15th cent. - 17th cent.
max.: H. 2.9 × W. 4.8 × D. 3.8 cm (1 1/8 × 1 7/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
Black earthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBuff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTerracotta
4th-7th centuryByzantineLight gray stoneware with incised and openwork decoration and with traces of natural ash glaze
5th-6th centuryKoreanLacquer on papier-mache
19th-20th centuryIslamicNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware glazed in hues of greenish tea-dust with blue undertones, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-brown slip
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
1st-2nd century CERoman