18th century
24.13 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Light gray stoneware, the jar and cover with kiln-darkened surfaces, the jar also with localized areas of natural ash glaze, the natural glaze droplets now disintegrated and flaked away
5th-6th centuryKoreanEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Hongzhi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseBrass
15th centuryGermanTerracotta, white slip on body
5th-4th century BCEItalicLeaded bronze
6th century BCEGreekGrayish brown agate with brown mottles; tourmaline cover with attached ivory spoon
19th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th millennium BCEChineseGilt bronze
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt-blue
15th centuryVietnameseEarthenware with three color (sancai) lead glaze
12th centuryChineseFritware
12th centuryPersianCeramic
19th centuryJapanese