18th-early 19th century
H. 18.8 cm (7 3/8 in.)
Faience
6th century BCEGreekQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseStoneware with splashes of wood ash glaze
9th-11th centuryKoreanCarved jade
18th centuryOttomanTerracotta
Terracotta
RomanTerracotta
2nd century CERomanOff white (or very light gray) stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze; with signature of the artist reading "Ken '00" inscribed on the base before firing
21st centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and overglaze yellow enamel over the reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" reserved against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground within a double circle, the mark and double-circle picked out in yellow enamel
16th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseGray stoneware with stamped, combed, and openwork decoration and with splashes of natural kiln glaze. Reportedly recovered near Haman, South Kyŏngsang province.
6th centuryKorean