late 18th century
38.1 cm (15 in.)
Terracotta
5th century BCEGreekEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
ChinesePorcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels; with spurious mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi"
17th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal
17th-18th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the rim with clear glaze over white slip
12th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with three appliqué molded elements coated with caramel-brown glaze over a thin layer of white slip. From the kilns at Tongchuan, Changsha, Hunan province
9th centuryChinese
Light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze over molded and applique elements
19th-20th centuryChineseTerracotta, lead glaze
1st century CERomanTerracotta; pale reddish clay with slip, black paint
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
CypriotEarthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseTerracotta
Greek