Middle Jōmon period, circa 3000 BCE
H. 31.8 x Diam. 16.5 cm (12 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Cast bronze; with integrally cast inscription on vessel floor
11th-10th century BCEChineseQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseTransitional blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
17th centuryChineseIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration. Reportedly recovered in western Kyŏnggi province.
12th centuryKoreanSilver
19th centuryBritishTerracotta
RomanAsh-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with thin, intentionally applied, brownish-green, ash glaze over all-over ground of iron-brown slip; with subtle decoration of incised lines. Reportedly recovered near Chŏnju, North Chŏlla province, in 1962.
13th centuryKoreanSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryAmerican