probably 16th-17th century
H. 9.3 x Diam. 12.8 cm (3 11/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Silver with parcel gilding; with inscription incised on outer rim and base
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTerracotta
GreekNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseGreen glass
3rd-4th century CERomanDing-type ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze; with brush-written inscription on base
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with incised and carved decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
15th-16th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekEarthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseCeramic
13th centuryPersianJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseFritware
12th-13th centuryPersianBiscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, turquoise, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChinese