14th century
H. 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.)
Huangdao ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze with variegated light blue suffusions
8th-9th centuryChineseEnameled ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against an overglaze red enamel ground, the reserved elements embellished with green and black enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChinesePunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over stamped and incised decoration inlaid with white slip, the exterior with a broad band of white slip applied with a brush
15th centuryKoreanSilver, ebony
19th centuryAmericanBlue-green glass
1st-2nd century CERomanTerracotta
13th century BCEMycenaeanCast bronze; with integrally cast four-character inscription reading "Zuo Fu Xin _?_" on the interior of the lip
11th-10th century BCEChinesePorcelain with decoration reserved in white against an overglaze red enamel ground, the pictorial elements articulated with black enamel, and the foliage covered with green enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: ivory white stoneware with olive brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing
14th centuryChinese