19th or early 20th century
H. 7.5 x Diam. 8.1 cm (2 15/16 x 3 3/16 in.)
Cast bronze with inlays of turquoise, sheet gold and silver, and copper wire
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseLushan ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze embellished with variegated light blue splashes. Probably from the Duandian kiln, Lushan county, Henan province.
8th-9th centuryChineseRed earthenware
2nd millennium BCEChineseCrossbar: Bronze; Rivet: Copper
4th-3rd century BCEGreek or EtruscanTerracotta
GreekCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseBlack basalt
18th centuryBritishBlack 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 BCEChineseGlass with applied colors
19th-20th centuryAmericanBlue-green glass
4th-5th century CERomanSolid green jasperware in leaf shape with raised lattice decoration
18th centuryBritish