18th-19th century
2.8 x 14.7 cm (1 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
Reddish-buff clay with dark brown painted decoration
2nd millennium BCEIranianNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin and purplish brown slip on the lower portion. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishGray earthenware with incised decor
ChineseBlack basalt with figures in relief
18th centuryBritishReddish clay, black paint
6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekMetal
20th centuryGermanInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with dark (oxidized) celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slips. Reportedly recovered from a tomb in Yangp'yŏng, Kyŏnggi province, in 1962.
14th centuryKoreanJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the Jian kilns at Jianyang, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChinese