c. 323 BCE-31 BCE
4.13 x 12.7 cm (1 5/8 x 5 in.)
Bronze
13th centuryGermanChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseBlue-green glass
Graeco-RomanTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekCeramic
18th centuryPersianJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseLongquan celadon ware: molded light gray stoneware with grayish olive celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseGray stoneware
9th-7th century BCEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion dressed with dark brown slip
12th centuryChineseCeramic
19th centuryJapanese