20th century
34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.)
Terracotta
7th-2nd century BCEEtruscanBlack earthenware with incised and openwork decoration, the surface burnished before firing. Middle and Lower Yellow River area; Shandong and Jiangsu provinces; possibly from Shandong province.
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCeramic
ChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekBrown-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered from a tomb in Ansŏng, Kyŏnggi province.
17th centuryKoreanBronze
4th-2nd century BCEEtruscanUnglazed terracotta
3rd millennium BCENear EasternPale green glass
RomanEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with molded decoration highlighted in underglaze cobalt-blue against an overglaze yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from a kiln at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
15th centuryChineseLead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with degraded lead-fluxed emerald green glaze
1st-3rd century CEChinese