Mid Edo period, circa 1770
Diam. 22.4 cm (8 13/16 in.)
Imitation Wanli, "wucai" type ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
19th-20th centuryJapaneseMonochrome glazed ware, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and with traces of decoration in overglaze gold enamel
ChineseStoneware with yellow-green celadon glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseTerracotta; buff clay, red and black glaze
4th century BCEGreekPunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on the white-slip ground. Made near Kongju, at the foot of Mount Kyeryong, South Ch'ungch'ŏng province.
16th centuryKoreanCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseEarthenware with impressed decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseMetal
16th centuryItalianHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration and silver
18th centuryGermanFritware painted with blue (cobalt) under clear alkali glaze
17th centuryPersianHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGerman