18th-19th century
H. 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.)
Silver
18th centuryBritishGlass
1st-2nd century CERomanTerracotta
GreekJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, Arita ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark of a single Chinese character on the base
17th-18th centuryJapaneseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 4 (si) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong jingqi xuan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Pavilion of Serene Repose) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChinesePale blue-green glass
1st-3rd century CERomanTerracotta, polished black ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianReddish earthenware covered in whitish slip and painted in red (iron), black (manganese and iron), and green (chromium) under clear lead glaze
10th-11th centuryGreen glass
3rd-4th century CEMeroiticNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseEnameled ware: porcelain with decoration in overglaze sepia enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" on the base
18th centuryChinese