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.)
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryKoreanMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with crackled grayish green glaze over iron-brown slip
19th centuryChineseCeramic
13th-14th centuryPersianEarthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing; "Jianfu gong Sanyou xuan yong" (Palace of Established Happiness, used in the Veranda of Three Friends) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseBuff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranian