H. 10.16 x Diam. 19.37 cm (4 x 7 5/8 in.)
Red stoneware ("Rosso Antico") with black stoneware relief
19th centuryBritishEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and overglaze yellow enamel over the reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" reserved against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground within a double circle, the mark and double-circle picked out in yellow enamel
16th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with overglaze sepia-enamel hallmark reading "Xu Hua Tang zhi" on the base
18th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th-3rd century BCEGreekEnameled ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against an overglaze red enamel ground, the reserved elements embellished with green and black enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChinesePewter
17th centurySwissSilver
18th centuryAmericanLight gray earthenware with black painted decor
8th-5th century BCEChineseTerracotta; pale yellow clay with slip and applied purple
6th century BCEGreekEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a circle on the base
18th centuryChineseStoneware with brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseCeladon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
20th centuryKorean