early 12th-late 13th Century
H. 9 x Diam. 19.4 cm (3 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Terracotta
GreekTurned bronze with incised decor
9th-10th centuryVietnameseHard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanCeramic
ChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Ziqiang buxi yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Room of Unceasing Self-Improvement) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelain with light blue glaze over molded an incised decoration. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanTerracotta
HelladicQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishEarthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseMixed copper alloy
10th-8th century BCEIranianPale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChinese