late 19th-early 20th century
H. 14.2 x W. 18.7 x D. 13.2 cm (5 9/16 x 7 3/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseColorless glass
2nd-3rd century CERomanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 8 (ba) inscribed on base; “Ying tai Lan shi yong” (Ocean Terrace, used in the Orchid Room) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseStoneware with impressed decoration
7th-5th century BCEChineseTerracotta, handmade
5th-4th century BCESouth ItalianTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
CypriotBrass, inlaid with silver
14th centuryArabAsh-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with thin, intentionally applied brownish green ash glaze over all-over ground of iron-brown slip
14th-15th centuryKoreanPale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChinese