Wanli period, 1573-1620
Diam. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Jade carved in Mughal style; pale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseCarved greenish yellow stone with caramel and reddish brown mottles (perhaps soapstone); dark brown stone stand
19th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze over carved ribs and appliqué handles
11th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekEarthenware with incised decoration
5th millennium BCEChineseCeramic
20th centuryDanishEnamel on copper with silver gilt mounts
16th centuryFrenchLight gray stoneware with decoration in greenish-brown glaze over opaque, bluish white rice ash glaze
20th centuryJapaneseBlack Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron oxide. From the Huangpu kiln complex, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province
11th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChinese