13th century
10.5 x 21.5 cm (4 1/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Porcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the designs reserved in yellow against a red enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi"
16th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCESouth ItalianElectrotype of a gold original; repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanSancai ("three color") ware: pinkish white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splahed clear glaze on the interior and lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior, the (slightly degraded) glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekBronze
6th century BCEGreekWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseStoneware with grayish green glaze
14th-15th centuryThaiTerracotta; fine reddish clay with greenish-black paint
5th century BCEGreekSilver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta; pale yellow clay with slip, applied purple for details
6th century BCEGreekGray earthenware with impressed cord marks
4th century CEKorean