19th century
14.92 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Enameled ware, 'fencai' type: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading 'Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi' in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseDark green nephrite with black inclusions (so-called spinach-green jade); with spurious mark reading 'Qianlongnian zhi' in seal-script characters
19th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue, caramel-brown, and clear glazes over stamped decoration and with lead fluxed, pale yellow glaze on the feet. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseBronze
ChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekTerracotta, brown ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianBuff earthenware with decoration painted in burgundy and black slips. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu or Qinghai province.
3rd millennium BCEChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and incised decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryKoreanGray earthenware, the surface blackened and burnished before firing
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese