Wanli period, 1573-1620
H. 6.2 x Diam. 12.7 cm (2 7/16 x 5 in.)
Metal
18th-19th centuryRussianLead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, caramel-brown glaze over mold-impressed handles, the decoration created through the application of lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over localized areas of the caramel-brown glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseTerracotta
4th-3rd century BCESouth ItalianBiscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, turquoise, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with light gray glaze
16th-17th centuryKoreanFritware with underglaze painting in cobalt blue
18th centuryPersianCast bronze
2nd-1st century BCEChineseCarved rhinoceros horn; with inscription reading "Shi renshen mengqun fang Hanyu shi" and signature reading "Jiyu"
18th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekChangsha 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 centuryChineseCoin silver
19th centuryAmericanSilver, fruitwood
18th centuryBritish