5th-3rd century BCE
H. 12.5 x Diam. 17 cm (4 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Blue-green glazed faience
1st-2nd century CERomanEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and with overglaze yellow enamel over the white decoration; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" written on the base against a cobalt-blue ground
16th centuryChineseRock crystal
18th-19th centuryChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanTerracotta
GreekLight gray stoneware with openwork decoration
5th-6th centuryKoreanEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze yellow and red enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
Cloisonne enamel; polychrome enamels within brass cloisons on a copper base
19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the Jian kilns at Jianyang, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChinese