late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
max.: H. 5.3 × W. 6.6 × D. 5.6 cm (2 1/16 × 2 5/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
20th centuryGermanSilver
19th centuryAmericanQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChineseTerracotta
2nd millennium BCENear EasternPlaster
RomanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Cuiyun guan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Lodge of Emerald Clouds) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekMixed copper alloy
10th-8th century BCEIranianYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration, the exterior with carved vertical lines suggesting petals. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseFritware painted with blue (cobalt) under clear alkali glaze
15th centuryPersianLeaded brass
2nd-4th century CERomanCast bronze with malachite and copper inlays
5th century BCEChinese