19th century
5.8 x 18.5 cm (2 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
White stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseHard-paste decorated with polychrome overglaze
19th centuryGermanQianlong-style molded porcelain: porcelain with molded decoration under very pale blue qingbai-type glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseHorn or tortoise shell with decoration in black, crimson and gold lacquer
19th centuryJapaneseJizhou-type ware, probably Tushan ware: light gray stoneware with variegated dark brown and transparent amber glazes over white slip ground. Probably from the kilns at Tushan, Sichuan province
12th-14th centuryChineseSilver, fruitwood
18th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryBritishBiscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreek