Hongzhi period, 1488-1505
H. 8.8 x Diam. 19 cm (3 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Rock crystal
19th centuryChineseTerracotta
Ceramic
ChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseGlass
7th centuryGlass with applied colors
19th-20th centuryAmericanLongquan celadon ware: fine grained, light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishAsh-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with thin, intentionally applied brownish green ash glaze over all-over ground of iron-brown slip
14th-15th centuryKoreanSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta with glossy black paint
4th century BCEGreek