13th century
29 cm (11 7/16 in.)
Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
7th-8th centuryChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanLight gray stoneware with carved decoration under a celadon glaze
20th centuryKoreanTerracotta
14th century BCEMycenaeanCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseCast bronze
2nd-1st century BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 2 (er) inscribed on base before firing; additional stroke added later to convert mark to numeral 3 (san)
15th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseEtching fired onto ceramic plate, then colored, glazed, and refired
19th centuryFrenchQingbai-type ware: light gray stoneware, the upper portion with pale sky-blue glaze over applique molded decoration
13th-14th centuryChineseIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
12th centuryKoreanNorthern black ware of Cizhou: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the exterior with russet skin, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChinese