Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground. Probably from the Guantai kilns, near Handan, Hebei province.

12th centuryChinese

Vessels

Globular Aryballos

Unknown Artist, c. 575-550 BCE

Terracotta; greenish clay, black glaze and red paint

6th century BCEGreek

Vessels

Compote

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Silver plate

19th centuryAmerican

Vessels

Tripod jar

Unknown Artist, c. 6500-5000 BCE

Earthenware

6th millennium BCEChinese

Vessels

Ritual Wine Pouring Vessel (Yi) with a Handle in the Form of a Dragon

Unknown Artist, late Western Zhou period, early 9th-early 8th century BCE

Cast bronze with greenish patina; inscription is probably modern

9th-8th century BCEChinese

Vessels

Tapered Circular Cup with Bowstring-Line Border, the Cup's Shape Probably Derived from that of Silla-Period Horn Cups

Unknown Artist, 11th century

Plain celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised bowstring-line border

11th centuryKorean

Vessels

Plate from "Swan Service"

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, 1738

Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold

18th centuryGerman

Vessels

Kiln Furniture: Saggar Lid?

Ceramic

Henry Chawner, 1793-1795

Silver, gilt

Metal

Unknown Artist, c. 750 BCE-700 BCE

Terracotta

8th century BCECycladic