15th-early 16th century
H. 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Brass
15th centuryGermanBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseSilver
20th centuryDanishCopper alloy
5th century BCEGreekEarthenware
20th centuryPersianEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Hongzhi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekStoneware with celadon glaze
5th-6th centuryChineseCizhou-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 centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: pink earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze embellished with designs in cobalt-blue, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChineseTerracotta; reddish clay, black paint
6th century BCEGreekSplashed Jun ware: coarse gray stoneware with light blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusion from copper filings
13th-14th centuryChinese