15th cent. - 17th cent.
max.: H. 8.7 × W. 4.3 × D. 3.4 cm (3 7/16 × 1 11/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
Hard-paste porcelain with feldspathic glaze
18th centuryGermanCeramic
20th centuryAmericanSilver
18th centuryAmericanPorcelain with overglaze red, green, and gold enamels; rim repaired with gold lacquer
18th centuryJapaneseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Ziqiang buxi yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Room of Unceasing Self-Improvement) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseSilver, fruitwood
18th centuryBritishHard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanLeaded bronze
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta, wheel-made
6th century BCEEtruscanTerracotta
Roman