1550-1600
10.3 x 22 cm (4 1/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Earthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekExport blue-and-white ware, Arita ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark of a single Chinese character on the base
17th-18th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
GreekSilver
19th-20th centuryJapaneseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin and purplish brown slip on the lower portion. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion of the exterior dressed with black slip. From the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.
12th centuryChineseTerracotta, with dark red stripe across diameter
1st century CERomanEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
5th-4th millennium BCEChinese