Zhengde period, 1506-1521
H. 8 x Diam. 15.2 cm (3 1/8 x 6 in.)
Terracotta
7th century BCEEtruscanEarthenware
4th millennium 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 centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanTerracotta
6th century BCELydianHammered brass, incised and inlaid with silver (now mostly lost)
14th centuryPersianMaiolica
20th centuryGermanLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze
11th centuryChineseNanfeng ware: light gray stoneware with decoration reserved against the medium brown glaze, the rim and reserved designs with clear glaze over white slip. From the Baishe kilns in Nanfeng county, Jiangxi province
12th-13th centuryChineseJizhou 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 centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishPale blue glass
1st millennium CERoman