Zhengde period, 1506-1521
H. 4.5 x Diam. 21.5 cm (1 3/4 x 8 7/16 in.)
Metal
20th centuryGermanTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekBuff earthenware with decoration painted in burgundy and black slips. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu or Qinghai province.
3rd millennium BCEChinesePink fritware covered in plaster and painted with black (chromium) under turquoise (copper) translucent lead alkali glaze
20th centuryTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekPorcelain
20th centuryAmericanCarved greenish yellow stone with caramel and reddish brown mottles (perhaps soapstone); dark brown stone stand
19th centuryChineseLeaded bronze
7th-4th century BCEItalicJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the rim banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChinesePale olive-green glass
2nd-5th century CERoman