19th-early 20th century
7.6 x 13.3 cm (3 x 5 1/4 in.)
Monochrome ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze over incised decoration; with incised underglaze mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within an incised double-circle on the base
16th centuryChineseOnda ware: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip enlivened with chatter marks on the interior and over incised bowstring lines on the exterior; with three- (or four-?) character stamp of the Onda kilns impressed on the base
21st centuryJapaneseCeladon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. Reportedly recovered west of Suwŏn, Kyŏnggi province.
12th centuryKoreanJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the base with an incised inscription reading 'Gongyu'. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province, probably from those at Luhuaping or Chidun.
12th-13th centuryChineseCopper alloy
5th century BCEGreekPunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with stamped decoration inlaid with white slip under pale celadon glaze
15th centuryKoreanDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
10th-11th centuryChineseFaience
6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekCeramic
18th centuryJapanesePolychrome plaster
20th centuryMinoanBronze with openwork decoration and with inlays of turquoise and malachite. Reportedly unearthed in 1911 in the vicinity of Xi'an, Shaanxi province
5th-4th century BCEChinese