10th century
6.5 x 20.5 cm (2 9/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Pale blue glass
1st-2nd century CERomanAlabaster
16th-11th century BCEEgyptianMarble
3rd millennium BCECycladicTerracotta
GreekMottled buff and olive-green nephrite, dimly translucent at the edges
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseGlass
20th centuryAustrianMetal
20th centuryGermanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base of vessel
17th-18th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishAlabaster
5th-4th century BCEGreekPorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChinese