"Wucai" (five-color) ware, of so-called "kinrande" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Fu Gui Jia Qi" on the base

16th centuryChinese

Vessels

Aryballos (oil flask): Griffin, Lion, and Sphinxes; Dogs Hunting Hare

Unknown Artist, 670-630 BCE

Terracotta

7th century BCEGreek

Vessels

Lobed Cup with Handle

Unknown Artist, 8th century

Earthenware, molded under monochrome lead glaze

8th centuryIslamic

Vessels

Kitchen Caster

Edward Barrett, c. 1720

Silver

Terracotta

Tea Bowl with Indented Lip and Russet Hare's-Fur Markings

Unknown Artist, 12th-13th century

Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the base with an incised inscription reading 'Gongyu'. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province, probably from those at Luhuaping or Chidun.

12th-13th centuryChinese

Vessels

Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)

Unknown Artist, 1st-2nd century CE

Pale blue-green glass

1st-2nd century CERoman

Vessels

Set of Nine Sweetmeat Dishes Comprising a Circular Dish Featuring Shou Lao, the God of Longevity, Surrounded by Eight Trapezoidal Dishes, Each Featuring One of the Eight Immortals

Unknown Artist, late 16th-early 17th century

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date

16th-17th centuryChinese

Terracotta

Circular Dish with Hexafoil Rim and with Decoration of Prunus and Dragon

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Ceramic

18th centuryJapanese

Vessels

Perfumer or Incense Burner Cut Down from a Zhadou-Shaped Flowerpot

Unknown Artist, probably 15th century

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated dark purple and blue glaze with metal fitting at the mouth; originally a 'zhadou'-shaped flower pot with the Chinese numeral 10 (shi) impressed into the base before firing

15th centuryChinese