before 1931
11 x 19.7 cm (4 5/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Terracotta
2nd millennium BCEMycenaeanLiao sancai ("three-color") ware: pinkish buff earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green and amber-yellow glazes over incised decoration
10th-11th centuryChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Perhaps from the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanNorthern Yue-type ware: light gray stoneware with olive-hued celadon glaze over relief and appliqué decoration, the glaze streaked with blue
6th-7th centuryChineseCeramic
20th centuryAmericanGray stoneware with variegated clear, white, and pale lavender blue glazes over impressed decoration (so-called "mishima" technique); with incised signature of the artist reading "Makoto YABE" on the unglazed base, the surname written idiosyncratically
21st centuryJapaneseProto porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseGilded silver
19th centuryEuropeanJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th centuryChinese