before 1931
11 x 19.7 cm (4 5/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Monochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseTerracotta, with blackened rim, and dark streak across middle
1st century BCEGreekEarthenware with green and brown lead glazes
1st century BCEChineseCeramic
19th centuryRussianAgate with brown and gray mottles; silver cover
19th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishGreen glass
3rd-4th century CERomanYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
4th-5th century CEChineseTerracotta; pale yellow clay with slip, blackish-brown paint and applied purple
7th-6th century BCEGreekElectrotype of gold original; repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanImitation Wanli, "wucai" type ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
19th-20th centuryJapaneseTerracotta