first half 20th century
Diam. 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)
High-tin bronze
7th-8th centuryPersianSilver
18th centuryBritishNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseJizhou ware: ivory white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseVery pale blue glass
1st-3rd century CERomanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
6th century BCEItalicBrownish-gray earthenware with cord-marked surface
2nd millennium BCEChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
11th centuryChinese