5th-3rd century BCE
H. 6.0 x Diam. 8.5 cm (2 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Bronze
2nd millennium BCEHurrianJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the Jian kilns at Jianyang, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver, fruitwood
18th centuryBritishTerracotta
CypriotLight gray stoneware with incised decor, the surface burnished. Anyang type.
12th-10th century BCEChineseCizhou-type ware: light gray stoneware with medium brown glaze over white slip, the decoration incised into the glaze before firing to reveal the white slip. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
16th centuryChineseEarthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseGray stoneware
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseTerracotta
Terracotta; buff clay, black glaze, red and white paints
6th century BCEGreekBlue, red, and white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and underglaze copper red; with (spurious?) underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" on the base
Chinese