19th century
9.5 x 8.75 x 6.13 cm (3 3/4 x 3 7/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Blue-green glass
1st-2nd century CERomanTerracotta, white ground
6th century BCEGreekSilver
19th centuryAmericanEarthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th-7th centuryChinesePunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration carved and incised through the white-slip ground
15th centuryKoreanTerracotta
7th century BCEGreekNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Cuiyun guan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Lodge of Emerald Clouds) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and incised decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 6 (liu) inscribed on base before firing
15th 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
Chinese