16th century
39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 5 (wu) inscribed inside the footring before firing and incised on the base after firing
15th centuryChineseCast bronze; with inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th-10th century BCEChineseTerracotta
RomanHammered silver
12th-13th centuryChineseMisfired Jian ware: dark brown stoneware with misfired glaze turned olive
12th-13th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date
16th-17th centuryChineseHard-paste decorated with polychrome enamels
18th-19th centuryGermanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the exterior with russet skin, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGerman