1695
17.8 cm (7 in.)
Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
7th-8th centuryChinese'Guan'-type ware: porcelain with thick grayish blue glaze over molded decoration; with inscription of the Qianlong Emperor dated to 1783 incised into the base
16th-17th centuryChineseBuff-colored earthenware with patches of green (copper) running in clear lead glaze
9th centuryTerracotta
2nd century BCEGreekTerracotta
EtruscanEarthenware
3rd millennium BCEChinese
Bronze
8th-6th century BCEEnamelled ware: porcelain with yellow and green enamels applied on the biscuit over incised decoration, the interior and base with clear glaze; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing; "Jianfu gong Sanyou xuan yong" (Palace of Established Happiness, used in the Veranda of Three Friends) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseGreenish white nephrite
19th centuryChineseProto-porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
9th-8th century BCEChineseLeaded bronze
1st-3rd century CERoman