18th century
29.53 cm (11 5/8 in.)
White ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseOff white (or very light gray) stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze; with signature reading "Ken" inscribed on the base before firing
21st centuryJapaneseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale blue glaze embellished with iron-brown splashes
13th-14th centuryChinesePlaster
Terracotta with glossy black paint
4th century BCEGreekTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseTerracotta, brown to gray ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
12th-13th centuryChinese