Zhengde period, 1506-1521
H. 11.5 x Diam. 15 cm (4 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)
Off-white stoneware with emerald-green enamel over white slip
18th-19th centuryChineseWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseTerracotta, black glaze
4th century BCEGreekTranslucent grayish green jadeite with emerald green markings; stone of Burmise origin
18th-19th centuryChineseTerracotta
CypriotBlack-surfaced gray stoneware with combed, appliqué, and openwork decoration
5th-6th centuryKoreanJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseCeramic
17th centuryGermanRed-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze copper red
14th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze coral-red enamel
18th centuryChineseArita ware, early Kakiemon style: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
17th centuryJapanese