1655-1656
25 x 38 cm (9 13/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Terracotta
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
2nd century CERomanCast bronze; with integrally cast inscription on vessel floor
11th-10th century BCEChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta
5th-4th century BCENear EasternJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated dark purple and blue glaze with metal fitting at the mouth; originally a 'zhadou'-shaped flower pot with the Chinese numeral 10 (shi) impressed into the base before firing
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekPunch'ŏng ware with iron-painted decoration over white slip
15th-16th centuryKoreanEarthenware
9th-10th centuryIranianTerracotta; black gloss
5th century BCEGreekEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a circle on the base
18th centuryChinese