16th-17th century
Carved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseMarble
6th century BCEGreekSilver
17th centuryBritishSilver
19th centuryBritishCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground under a clear glaze
13th-14th centuryChineseCeramic
17th-18th centuryPersianTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseEnamel on copper
16th centuryFrenchTerracotta
5th centuryGreek'Qingbai' ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over incised decoration, with appliqué handle and spout. Probably from kilns in Fujian province.
11th-12th centuryChineseGlass
20th centurySwedish