Middle Jōmon period, circa 3000 BCE
H. 31.8 x Diam. 16.5 cm (12 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Ash-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with thin, intentionally applied, brownish-green, ash glaze over all-over ground of iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered near Suwŏn, Kyŏnggi province.
8th-11th centuryKoreanAsh-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with thin, intentionally applied brownish green ash glaze over all-over ground of iron-brown slip
14th-15th centuryKoreanEnamel on gilt metal; gilt metal stand
19th centuryBritishEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseUnderglazed, painted fritware
13th-14th centuryPersianCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseBlack earthenware with incised and openwork decoration, the surface burnished before firing. Middle and Lower Yellow River area; Shandong and Jiangsu provinces; possibly from Shandong province.
5th-3rd millennium BCEChinesePlain celadon ware: very light gray porcellaneous stoneware with lightly crazed celadon glaze
14th-15th centuryKoreanMedium gray stoneware with combed, incised, and applique decoration
1st-2nd century CEChineseSilver
18th-19th centuryBritishMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze butterscotch-yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue double circle beneath an overglaze turquoise blue enamel on the base
19th centuryChinese