18th-19th century
H. 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.)
Cast bronze with greenish patina; with inscription cast on vessel floor
11th-10th century BCEChineseTerracotta with shell temper, hand made
13th centuryPre-ColumbianFritware painted in black (chromium) under turquoise (copper) transparent alkali glaze
12th-13th centuryCarved celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised and carved decoration
12th centuryKoreanCast bronze with greenish patina; inscription is probably modern
9th-8th century BCEChineseYellow-green glass
1st-3rd century CERomanCizhou-type ware: light gray stoneware with medium brown glaze over white slip, the decoration incised into the glaze before firing to reveal the white slip. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
16th centuryChineseBuff earthenware with decoration painted in black and burgundy slips. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
3rd millennium BCEChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchTerracotta, brown to gray ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianPlaster