8th-5th century BCE
H. 24.5 x Diam. 23 cm (9 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Metal
20th centuryGermanJizhou 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 centuryBritishTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekYellow glass
1st-3rd century CERomanCeladon ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
6th-7th centuryChinesePunch'ŏng ware with incised decoration over brushed white slip
15th centuryKoreanEarthenware
20th centuryPersianTerracotta
ItalicProto porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChinese