475 BCE - 221 BCE
H. 23.1 x W. 27.7 x Diam. 22.9 cm (9 1/8 x 10 7/8 x 9 in.)
Rose quartz
19th-20th centuryChineseBlue-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 centuryKoreanFritware painted with black (chromium), turquoise (copper), blue (cobalt), brownish-red (iron), and pink (iron and tin) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin, and gilded.
12th-13th centuryCeramic
19th centuryJapaneseMetal
20th centuryGermanCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with carved vertical flutes under pale whitish gray glaze, the glaze over a coating of white slip applied to the full exterior and the upper portion of the interior. Probably made at the Cizhou kilns at Cixian, near Handan, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta, with dark red stripe across diameter
1st century CERomanSilver
17th centuryBritishPunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration lightly brushed in white slip
16th centuryKoreanHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gilding
18th centuryGermanCeramic
17th-20th centuryPersian