Early Edo period, early 17th century
22.86 x 7.62 cm (9 x 3 in.)
Gray earthenware
13th-11th century BCEChineseGray stoneware with blackened surface
4th century BCEChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the rim banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
HelladicBuff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseFritware painted in black (chromium) under turquoise (copper) transparent alkali glaze
12th-13th centuryLight gray stoneware with incised, stamped, and openwork decoration
7th-8th centuryKoreanHard-paste porcelain with underglaze and polychrome enamel decoration.
20th centuryGermanTerracotta