17th-19th century
H. 5.7 x Diam. 12.5 cm (2 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.)
Terracotta
7th-6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the lip banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang, county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseBronze
5th-3rd century BCEEtruscanCast bronze; with integrally cast inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th-10th century BCEChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChinesePunch'ŏng ware with incised decoration over brushed white slip
15th centuryKoreanBronze
6th-4th century BCEAchaemenidCanton ware: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome and gold enamels
19th centuryChineseElectrotype, copper, silver, and silver-gilt, nautilus shell
20th centuryGermanStoneware with grayish green glaze
14th-15th centuryChinese