12th-13th century
max.: H. 4.3 × Diam. 8.8 cm (1 11/16 × 3 7/16 in.) mouth: Diam. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.) foot: Diam. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with overglaze red enamel mark reading "Da Qing Daoguang nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
19th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin and purplish brown slip on the lower portion. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta
1st century CERomanFritware with overglaze painted luster decoration
12th-13th centuryPersianGray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
2nd century BCEChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanStoneware with localized splashes of natural ash glaze over impressed decoration
4th-1st century BCEChinese
Chrome-plated steel and ebony
20th centuryGermanCast bronze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Ziqiang buxi yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Room of Unceasing Self-Improvement) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChinese