c. 500 BCE
Purchased in Athens
Tinned copper
17th centuryPersianOnda ware: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip enlivened with chatter marks on the interior and over brush-applied white slip spirals on the exterior
21st centuryJapanesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome and gold enamels and applique molded handle mounts and knob; with bronze bail handles
19th centuryChineseEarthenware with green splashed lead glaze
8th centuryChinese'Qingbai' ware: porcelain with pale blue glaze over appliqué ornaments.
13th-14th centuryChineseTerracotta with encaustic painted decoration
18th centuryBritishChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseGlass
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryAmerican