18th century
30.8 cm (12 1/8 in.)
Sancai ("three-color") ware; white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze over molded decoration on the exterior
8th-9th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanTerracotta
MoroccanCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseTerracotta
EuropeanBlack Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings painted in overglaze iron oxide. From the Huangpu kiln complex, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseSilver, ivory
18th centuryBritishSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchSilver
17th-18th centuryBritishTerracotta with glossy black paint
RomanEnamelled ware: porcelain with yellow and green enamels applied on the biscuit over incised decoration, the interior and base with clear glaze; underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseStoneware and glazes
21st centuryAmerican