Jiajing period, 1522-1566
H. 23.5 x Diam. 24 cm (9 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Earthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
12th centuryChineseBuff earthenware with decoration painted in burgundy and black slips. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu or Qinghai province.
3rd millennium BCEChineseCream colored earthenware with white slip and polychrome decoration
19th centuryBritishCeramic
15th centurySyrianJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with translucent celadon glaze over mold-impressed decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
14th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekJun-type ware: gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze, the unglazed areas dressed with brown slip
20th centuryJapaneseIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised bowstring lines
12th centuryKoreanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekLead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with degraded lead-fluxed emerald green glaze
1st-3rd century CEChinese