19th century
47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Lead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with degraded lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze
1st-3rd century CEChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the rim repaired with gold lacquer. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseTemmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze streaked with yellow overglaze, the foot and base dressed with dark brown slip glaze; with incised signature reading "Moriyasu saku" on the base
20th centuryJapanesePainted Jizhou ware: off-white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze iron slip under clear glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta; buff clay, black glaze, red and white paints
6th century BCEGreekNickeled brass
20th centuryAustrianLight gray stoneware with localized areas of natural ash glaze and of kiln-darkened surface
5th-6th centuryKoreanAlabaster
16th-11th century BCEEgyptianTerracotta
7th century BCEEtruscan