Middle Jōmon period, circa 3000 BCE
H. 31.8 x Diam. 16.5 cm (12 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Red lacquer
ChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
3rd-4th century CEChineseCast bronze with greenish patina; with inscription cast on the interior
14th-11th century BCEChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseMottled buff and olive-green nephrite, dimly translucent at the edges
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseTerracotta
5th century BCESouth ItalianTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze
10th-11th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over molded decoration
12th-13th centuryChinese