19th century
Kuftgari
19.7 x 13 x 22.5 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Tang/Five Dynasties white ware, possibly Xing ware: porcelain with clear glaze, the barbed rim knife-cut. Possibly from the Xing kilns, Hebei province.
9th-10th centuryChineseAlabaster
Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseMetal
17th centuryItalianBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEItalianCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekGray earthenware
11th-10th century BCEChineseSilver, gilt
17th centuryBritish