18th-19th century
H. 17.3 cm (6 13/16 in.)
Glass
5th-3rd century BCEGreekBlue ware: porcelain with clear glaze over incised characters, the inscribed vessel washed with cobalt-blue before glazing. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanHard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanTerracotta
3rd-2nd millennium BCECypriotEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseTerracotta
1st-2nd century CERomanLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with cloudy celadon glaze, an unglazed, molded decorative element appliquéd at the center of the floor. From the Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province.
13th-14th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, kraak-type ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark of an artemisia leaf within a double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseLacquer
19th centuryChineseEarthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
2nd millennium BCEChineseExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChinese