c. 1590
28.5 x 10.16 x 10.16 cm (11 1/4 x 4 x 4 in.)
Terracotta
GreekTerracotta
GreekDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the rim repaired with gold lacquer. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishTerracotta; pale yellow clay with slip, blackish-brown paint and applied purple
7th-6th century BCEGreekTerracotta, red slip, polished
3rd millennium BCENear EasternQingbai ware: porcelain with sky-blue glaze over mold-impressed decoration; the underglazed rims originally bound with metal. Probably from the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed ware, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and with traces of decoration in overglaze gold enamel
ChineseFritware painted in blue (cobalt) under clear alkali glaze
19th-20th centuryEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark reading "Shendetang zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseGray earthenware with carved decoration
6th-7th centuryChineseHuangpu black-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze decoratively applied over a thick coat of white slip that covers the interior and that portion of the exterior under the lip. From the Huangpu kiln, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province.
9th-10th centuryChinese