Monochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.

8th centuryChinese

Vessels

Pedestal Bowl with Flaring Base and Openwork Decoration

Unknown Artist, 4th-5th century

Brick-red earthenware with openwork decoration. Reportedly recovered in Kimhae, South Kyŏngsang province.

4th-5th century CEKorean

Vessels

Patera Handle

Unknown Artist, early 5th century BCE

Leaded bronze

5th century BCEGreek

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Bowl with Carved Floral Decor

Unknown Artist, 20th century

Light gray stoneware with carved decoration under a celadon glaze

20th centuryKorean

Vessels

Alabastron

Unknown Artist, 5th-4th century BCE

Alabaster

5th-4th century BCEGreek

Unknown Artist, 2100-1500 BCE

Terracotta

3rd millennium BCECypriot

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Bowl with Foliated and Plaited Inscription

Unknown Artist, 10th century

Reddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with black (manganese and iron) under clear lead glaze

10th centuryPersian

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Ritual Food Vessel (Li Ding) with 'Taotie' Decor and Two Loop Handles in the Form of Twisted Rope

Unknown Artist, early Western Zhou period, mid 11th-early 10th century BCE

Cast bronze; with integrally cast four-character inscription reading "Zuo Fu Xin _?_" on the interior of the lip

11th-10th century BCEChinese

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Bowl with Ribbon Handles

Unknown Artist, c. 750-735 BCE

Terracotta; buff slip, black glaze

8th century BCEGreek