ca. 1924-1934
19.9 x 18.2 x 11.4 cm (7 13/16 x 7 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Tinned copper
15th-16th centuryPersianPorcelain with clear glaze
14th-16th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekLight gray stoneware with decoration cold-painted in brown and yellow pigments over white gesso ground
3rd-1st century BCEChineseJizhou ware: ivory white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseColorless glass
1st-4th century CERomanEnameled porcelain: porcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the design reserved in red enamel against the yellow ground, the details articulated in black enamel on the reserved designs; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base.
16th centuryChineseMetal
20th centuryAustrianMetal
18th-19th centuryRussianTerracotta
2nd-3rd century CERomanTerracotta, painted black
4th century BCESouth Italian