20th century
43 cm (16 15/16 in.)
Terracotta
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanYaozhou ware: medium gray stoneware coated all over with white slip, the decoration carved through the slip to reveal the underlying darker body, the exterior of the jar further covered with celadon glaze, the interior left unglazed; Made at Yaozhou kilns, near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province
10th centuryChineseTerracotta
9th century BCEGreekPlaster
Enameled ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against an overglaze red enamel ground, the reserved elements embellished with green and black enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseFritware with underglaze painted decoration
13th-14th centuryPersianCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseUnderglazed, painted fritware
17th-18th centuryPersianTerracotta
8th-7th century BCEGreekHard-paste decorated with polychrome enamels
18th-19th centuryGermanMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with crackled grayish green glaze over iron-brown slip
19th centuryChineseCeramic
20th centuryGerman