20th century
28 cm (11 in.)
Blue-and-white ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt-blue
15th centuryAnnameseHorn
17th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryFrenchHard-paste decorated with polychrome overglaze
19th centuryGermanAlabaster
16th-11th century BCEEgyptianStoneware, salt-glazed
16th centuryGermanFritware
12th-13th centuryPersianTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 8 (ba) inscribed on base; “Ying tai Lan shi yong” (Ocean Terrace, used in the Orchid Room) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseBlack basalt
18th centuryBritishStoneware with carved and incised decoration under celadon glaze
12th centuryKoreanExport blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th-17th centuryChinese