late 19th-early 20th century
H. 20.6 x W. 18.4 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Glass
19th centuryAmerican?Ceramic
18th centuryJapanesePainted Jizhou ware: very light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip; with two-character inscription reading 'Yuwang' incised on the base. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseTerracotta
Terracotta
6th century BCEGreekSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseOnda ware, 'zogan' technique: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip on the interior and over white slip brushed over chatter marks on the exterior; with three- (or four-?) character stamp of the Onda kilns impressed on the base
21st centuryJapaneseTerracotta
GreekTerracotta
4th-3rd century BCEGreekSilver
17th centuryAmericanBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseLight gray stoneware with blackened surfaces, the decoration polished into the matte surface before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChinese