20th century
27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Terracotta
7th century BCEItalo-CorinthianSilver
19th centuryBritishTerracotta
RomanHorn
17th centuryChineseTerracotta with dark brown paint around rim and streak across middle
1st century CERomanCoarse buff earthenware with decoration painted in black slip over a slip-dressed ground. Upper Yellow River Valley area; from Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekXing or Xing-type ware: porcellaneous white stoneware with pale blue glaze over white slip on the interior and upper portion of the exterior; probably from kilns in Hebei province, perhaps from the Xing kilns at Neiqiu, Hebei province
9th-10th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianTerracotta
7th-6th century BCEGreek