15th-early 16th century
H. 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Porcelain with incised decoration under a pale light blue glaze with incised mark reading "Yongle nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina; inscribed with a three-character dedication
12th-11th century BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark in a double square, all within a double circle
19th centuryChineseFritware
12th-13th centuryPersianMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with clear glaze over applied powdered cobalt; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseTerracotta
RomanLongquan celadon ware: molded light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseEarthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseEnamel
20th centuryAustrianTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChinese