12th cent. - 13th cent.
H. 6.3 x W. 11.1 x D. 9.8 cm (2 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
Jizhou ware: ivory white stoneware with decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze, the reserved designs covered with clear glaze over slip-painted details, selected details incised through the brown glaze. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChinesePolychrome plaster
GreekMonochrome glazed ware, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and with traces of decoration in overglaze gold enamel
ChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
3rd millennium BCECypriotNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseElectrotype of gold original; repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanLight gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip
17th-18th centuryKoreanLacquer
ChineseBronze
12th-13th centuryKoreanYue-type ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over applique lug handles; the damaged rim banded in metal; painted decoration added in modern times. From northern China -- place of manufacture uncertain.
6th centuryChineseRed-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze copper red; with underglaze cobalt blue circle on the base
18th centuryChinese