12th-10th century BCE
H. 13.3 x Diam. 7.8 cm (5 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Bronze
8th-5th century BCECypriotTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekSilver
19th centuryBritishTerracotta
9th-8th century BCECycladicWhite ware: molded porcelain with pale grayish-green glaze. Reportedly recovered less than 50 miles south of Seoul in summer 1961.
15th centuryKoreanMetal
20th centuryGermanFritware with underglaze painted decoration
13th-14th centuryPersianCeramic
20th centuryJapaneseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with "anhua" decoration painted in white slip on the interior cavetto and with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" on the base
20th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
2nd millennium BCEHurrianBiscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChinese