14th-early 15th century
H. 23.9 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Stoneware with blue and white glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseAlabaster
3rd millennium BCEEgyptianMarble, cinnabar
3rd millennium BCECycladicCeramic
16th centuryItalianUnglazed marbled ware: white, light gray, and dark brown laminated clays
12th centuryKoreanMetal
20th centuryGermanFaience
8th-7th century BCEIranianPale blue-green glass
Graeco-RomanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with mark reading "Un Hyŏn" ("Cloud Hill") painted in underglaze cobalt blue on the base; the inscription perhaps is a reference to the palace in which the Prince Regent lived from 1864 to 1873. Made at the official kilns in Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province, perhaps in Punwŏn-ri.
19th centuryKoreanEnameled 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 Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseEnamel on copper
16th centuryFrench