19th century
47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Terracotta
5th-4th century BCESouth ItalianCast bronze; with inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th-10th century BCEChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal
17th-18th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekDing-type ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze; with brush-written inscription on base
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryAmericanCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with underglaze decoration painted in dark brown slip on a white-slip ground
ChineseSilver, gilt
17th centuryBritishFritware with slip painting and sgraffito decoration under turquoise glaze (silhouette-ware)
12th-13th centuryPersianSlip-painted celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered near Yŏngsangp'o, South Chŏlla province.
11th-13th centuryKorean