probably 19th cent. - 20th cent.
6.2 x 16.2 cm (2 7/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Light gray stoneware with blackened surfaces, the decoration polished into the matte surface before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCloudy, grayish white nephrite
16th-17th centuryChinese'Qingbai' ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over incised decoration, with appliqué handle and spout. Probably from kilns in Fujian province.
11th-12th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green.
6th-7th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta; buff clay, brown glaze
6th century BCEGreekSilver
7th-6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
2nd-3rd century CERomanSilver-gilt
17th centuryBritishJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the saggar fragments made of coarse reddish buff firing clay. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChinese