10th century
8 x 23 cm (3 1/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Earthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBronze
ChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
10th centuryChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseSilver gilt
17th centuryBritishPale blue glass
Graeco-RomanTerracotta; buff slip, brown glaze.
3rd-2nd millennium BCECypriotJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th centuryChineseTerracotta
7th-6th century BCEGreekWhite jadeite with emerald green markings; the stone of Burmese origin
19th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, black, and gold enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Ta Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
19th-20th centuryChinese