11th-early 12th century
H. 2.5 x Diam. 14.6 cm (1 x 5 3/4 in.)
Jingdezhen 'Guan'-type ware: porcelain with crackled, grayish blue, 'guan'-type glaze; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading 'Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi' in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseUnderglaze painted composite body
16th centuryOttomanReddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with black (manganese and iron) and red (iron) under clear lead glaze
10th centuryPersianTerracotta
GreekTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekMetal
Ceramic
18th centuryJapaneseCast bronze with gray-green patina; inscribed with a three-character dedication
12th-11th century BCEChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th century BCEGreek