Hongzhi period, 1488-1505
H. 8.8 x Diam. 19 cm (3 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Earthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianGrayish buff earthenware
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTerracotta; reddish yellow clay, black glaze
5th-4th century BCEGreekGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChinesePlain celadon ware: very light gray porcellaneous stoneware with lightly crazed celadon glaze
14th-15th centuryKoreanCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the exterior with russet skin, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with appliqué handle and spout and with medium brown glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
8th-9th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChinese