26th Dynasty or later
6.99 x 7.94 cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Chrome-plated steel and ebony
20th centuryGermanBuff pottery with brown encrustation
1st millennium BCEIranianTerracotta
GreekAlabaster
GreekLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over molded and applique decoration
2nd-3rd century CEChineseTang/Five Dynasties white ware, possibly Xing ware: porcelain with clear glaze, the barbed rim knife-cut. Possibly from the Xing kilns, Hebei province.
9th-10th centuryChineseBronze, traces of silvering and possible gilding
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
GreekRaku ware: light grayish buff earthenware with clear glaze suffused with pink blushes; repairs with red and gold lacquers
18th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
2nd-3rd century CERomanNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseFritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin
12th-13th centuryPersian