10th century
8 x 23 cm (3 1/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Terracotta
3rd-2nd millennium BCECypriotGreen glass
1st-2nd century CERomanPale blue glass
4th century CERomanPorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamel designs and yellow enamel ground added at a later date; with spurious overglaze black enamel mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base, the mark and double circle also covered in yellow enamel
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
HelladicLight gray stoneware with olive-green ash glaze over applique lug handles
8th-9th centuryChineseGlass
9th-10th centuryJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip bound with tin, the base with an incised number, and the lower portion of the bowl with a brush-written inscription reading "Shang zhai ji". From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseEnamel on copper with silver gilt mounts
16th centuryFrench