Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with translucent celadon glaze over mold-impressed decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.

14th centuryChinese

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Luster bowl sherd with two seated figures

Unknown Artist, c. 1200

Fritware

12th-13th centuryPersian

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Small Covered Ewer with Arching Handle and Spout and Stylized Lotus Decor, the Cover with Knob in the Form of a Recumbent Feline

Unknown Artist, probably 12th century

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over molded and carved decoration

12th centuryChinese

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Lekythos (oil flask): Goddess Mounting Chariot

Unknown Artist, c. 520-480 BCE

Terracotta

6th century BCEGreek

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Circular Cup or Small Bowl

Unknown Artist, probably 12th century

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze

12th centuryChinese

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Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)

Unknown Artist, 1st-2nd century CE

Pale yellow-green glass

1st-2nd century CERoman

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Stamped Amphora Handle

Unknown Artist, 190-235 CE

Terracotta

2nd-3rd century CERoman

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Moon-Flask Shaped Snuff Bottle with Lavender Cover

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Grayish brown agate with brown mottles; tourmaline cover with attached ivory spoon

19th centuryChinese

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Ovoid Jar with Yellow Glaze

Unknown Artist, probably Kangxi period, 1662-1722

Monochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base

17th-18th centuryChinese

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Circular Oil Drip Plate (Aburazara) with Decoration of Birds in Flight, Pine Tree, and Hut

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, circa 1680

Ceramic

17th centuryJapanese

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Bottle

Unknown Artist, 1st-4th century CE

Colorless glass

1st-4th century CERoman