18th century
24.13 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Ceramic
16th-17th centuryJapaneseMetal and nautilus shell
20th centuryGermanDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseJizhou 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 Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryAmericanSilver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta
2nd millennium BCEHurrianTerracotta
RomanTerracotta; pale yellow clay with slip, applied purple for details
6th century BCEGreekCeramic
ChinesePale blue-green glass
1st-2nd century CERoman