15th century
26.67 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Monochrome glazed ware, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and with traces of decoration in overglaze gold enamel
ChineseBlack and ivory paint on terre de faience
20th centurySpanishLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over applique decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseSlip-painted celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered from a tomb in Yŏnggwang county, South Chŏlla province.
13th centuryKoreanDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta
7th-6th century BCEGreekLeaded bronze
6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekCloudy, grayish white nephrite
16th-17th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with mottled brown glaze over combed decoration. Made in Namwŏn-gun, North Chŏlla province.
19th centuryKoreanChangsha 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 centuryChinese