late 10th-early 11th century
H. 9.3 x Diam. 16.8 cm (3 11/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Terracotta; Six's technique, white on black glaze; red ground
6th-5th century BCEGreekCast bronze; with integrally cast inscription on vessel floor
11th-10th century BCEChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseFritware
13th centuryPersianMetal
20th centuryGermanStoneware with brown glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseTerracotta, polished black ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianCeladon ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
6th-7th centuryChineseEarthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChinesePewter
19th centuryGermanYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with rust brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing. From the Ciyaobao kilns, Lingwu county, Ningxia Huizu Autonomous Region.
12th-13th centuryChinese