12th-13th century
Diam. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseGanzhou ware: light gray stoneware, the unglazed exterior with combed and applique decoration, the unglazed neck with beads of pearly white glaze to form the bosses, the interior with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze. From the kilns at Qili Ganzhou, Jiangxi province
13th-14th centuryChineseSilver; coffee pot and tea pot have ebony handles
19th centuryAmericanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseTang white ware: white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekLight gray stoneware with blackened surfaces, the decoration polished into the matte surface before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBlackened gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChinese