16th century
4 x 23 cm (1 9/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Earthenware with incised decoration
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseEnameled 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 centuryChineseLiao sancai ("three-color") ware: off-white earthenware with applique molded decorative elements and lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze over a white-slip ground
9th-11th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
ChinesePolychrome plaster
20th centuryMinoanCast bronze with gray-green patina
6th-5th century BCEChineseGlass
17th centuryDutchTerracotta
3rd-2nd millennium BCECypriotLeaded bronze, traces of gilding
6th century BCEGreekPewter
18th centuryGermanYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
9th-10th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryBritish, Scottish