20th century
43 cm (16 15/16 in.)
Leaded brass
2nd-5th century CERoman
Gold
6th century BCEEarthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseEnameled 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 centuryChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseJizhou ware: ivory white stoneware with decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze, the reserved designs covered with clear glaze over slip-painted details, selected details incised through the brown glaze. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishJade carved in Mughal style; grayish green jadeite with emerald green markings; the stone of Burmese origin
18th-19th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanPlain celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
11th-12th centuryKoreanTerracotta
4th-7th centuryByzantineCeramic
18th centuryGerman