11th-early 12th century
H. 5.6 x Diam. 19.7 cm (2 3/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Export blue-and-white ware, Arita ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark of a single Chinese character on the base
17th-18th centuryJapaneseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with an all-over coating of white slip under a clear glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseBrown-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with lustrous dark-brown glaze; with recently associated pewter cover
ChineseBurnished black earthenware
8th-9th centuryChineseQingbai-type ware: porcelain or porcellaneous white stoneware with sky-blue glaze over carved and combed decoration. Probably from a kiln in Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseFaience
6th century BCEGreekCast bronze; with integrally cast inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th century BCEChineseGray stoneware with incised, combed, and openwork decoration. Reportedly recovered in Naenam-myŏn, Kyŏngju-gun, south of Kyŏngju City, North Kyŏngsang province.
5th-6th centuryKoreanTerracotta
Greek