14th-16th century
H. 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Terracotta
CypriotHard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration, and gilding
18th centuryGermanWhite stoneware with pale celadon glaze over appliqué decoration
13th-14th centuryVietnameseTerracotta
8th-7th century BCECypriotSilver
18th centuryBritishYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseProto porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 8 (ba) inscribed on base; “Ying tai Lan shi yong” (Ocean Terrace, used in the Orchid Room) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChinese