Wanli period, 1573-1620
H. 17.9 x Diam. 15.5 cm (7 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Jian ware: gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground under a clear glaze
13th-14th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishAlabaster
EgyptianTerracotta; buff clay, red and black glaze
4th century BCEGreekEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseArita enameled ware, Imari type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and gold enamels; with Johanneum mark incised into the glaze on the base
17th-18th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
3rd-2nd century BCEPunicEnamelled porcelain in the style of Swatow porcelain of the Wan-li period: porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamels
20th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
1st century CERomanSilver
17th-19th centuryFrench