c.1560 - c.1580
Earthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseAwata ware; white earthenware with decoration in original cartouches in overglaze polychrome enamels and with background decoration imitating cloisonne enamel; with inscription on base reading 'Nihon Kyoto Kinkōzan zo'
19th centuryJapaneseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over carved and incised decoration
12th centuryChinesePale yellow-brown glass
3rd-7th centuryRomanNickel silver, ebony, glass
20th centuryGermanSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze mottled with cobalt blue
8th centuryChineseEnamelled porcelain in the style of Swatow porcelain of the Wan-li period: porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamels
20th centuryJapaneseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with appliqué handles and with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion and the interior dressed with medium brown glaze
12th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
10th-11th centuryChineseTang white ware: white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseArita ware, Kakiemon style: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
18th-19th centuryJapanese