206 BCE - 220 CE
14.4 x 11.1 cm (5 11/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
Coin silver
19th centuryAmericanBronze
8th century BCEIranianHorn
17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: biscuit porcelain with incised decoration, the principle design elements covered with yellow enamel, the additional designs with aubergine enamel; with spurious(?) underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseTerracotta
CypriotJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the base with a brush-written inscription reading 'Te'
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
2nd century BCEGreekBronze
4th-3rd century BCEGreekEnameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with appliqué handles and with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion and the interior dressed with medium brown glaze
12th centuryChinese