Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale, sky-blue glaze over molded decoration, the unglazed lip banded with silver. From the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

12th-13th centuryChinese

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Jar

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Ceramic

19th centuryPersian

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Candlestick Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)

Unknown Artist, 1st-3rd century CE

Pale yellow-green glass

1st-3rd century CERoman

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Quatrefoil Dish with Floral Decoration and Foliate Rim

Unknown Artist, second half 11th century

Liao sancai ("three-color") ware: pinkish buff earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over a white-slip ground

11th centuryChinese

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Compartmented Dish with Handle

Unknown Artist, 13th-14th century

Ceramic

13th-14th century

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Mallet shaped bottle

Unknown Artist, c. 4300-2600 BCE

Earthenware with traces of painted decor

5th-3rd millennium BCEChinese

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Small "Li" Tripod with Incised Bowstring-line Decor

Unknown Artist, 11th Century BCE

Gray earthenware with incised decor

Chinese

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Shouldered Beaker from Private Dwelling Room G17 at Nuzi, Stratum II

Unknown Artist, 1500-1350 BCE

Terracotta

2nd millennium BCEHurrian

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Tall Baluster Vase with Decoration of Rock, Orchids, and Flowering Plum Branch

Unknown Artist, 15th-17th century

Longquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised and carved decoration

15th-17th centuryChinese

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Small black-painted Skyphos

Unknown Artist

Terracotta

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Pedestal Storage Jar with Geometric and Openwork Decoration

Unknown Artist, mid 6th century

Gray stoneware with incised, stamped, and openwork decoration. Reportedly recovered near Ulsan, South Kyŏngsang province.

6th centuryKorean