18th century
24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.)
Blackened earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseTerracotta with lustrous black paint
4th century BCESouth ItalianHard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanSilver, gold, and enamel
20th centuryAmericanGray stoneware with combed decoration. Reportedly recovered near Kongju, South Ch'ungch'ong province.
6th-7th centuryKoreanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 5 (wu) inscribed inside the footring before firing and incised on the base after firing
15th centuryChinesePorcelain with underglaze cobalt-painted decoration
18th centuryKoreanEarthenware with impressed decor
6th-5th century BCEChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, with relief plub blossoms touched on in white slip and embellished with pale celadon glaze, the background with overglaze yellow enamel; with spurious mark underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
19th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekLight gray stoneware with applique handles and incised and applique decor, the surface lightly burnished before firing. Anyang type.
13th-11th century BCEChineseBronze, leaded bronze handle
5th century BCEEtruscan