Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion of the exterior dressed with black slip. From the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.

12th centuryChinese

Vessels

Pair of Toy Two-handled Cups

Unidentified Artist, 1704-1705

Silver

18th centuryBritish

Vessels

Jar with Stylized Eagle and Waterbirds

Unknown Artist, c. 2,500 BCE

Painted terracotta

3rd millennium BCEIranian

Vessels

Salver

John Carter II, 1768- 1769

Silver

18th centuryBritish

Vessels

Sherbet Pitcher with Detachable Lid

Unknown Artist, late 19th century - early 20th century

Earthenware, slip-covered and burnished, with decoration painted in gold and silver and stamped

19th-20th centuryOttoman

Vessels

Round-Bottomed, Globular Jar with Flaring Lip and Two Pointed, Openwork Handles, and with Cord-Marked Decor

Unknown Artist, Proto Three Kingdoms period, 1st-2nd century

Proto-Kaya ware: grayish buff earthenware with appliqué handles and cord-marked surfaces

1st-2nd century CEKorean

Vessels

Circular Shallow Dish

Unknown Artist, 12th-early 13th century

Green Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze

12th-13th centuryChinese

Terracotta

Unknown Artist, late 13th century - 14th century

Underglazed, painted fritware

13th-14th centuryPersian

Vessels

Fragmentary Black-figure Alabastron: Musical Contests

Unknown Artist, 520-480 BCE

Terracotta

6th-5th century BCEGreek