6th-2nd century BCE
Alabaster
5th-4th century BCEGreekBlack basalt
18th centuryBritishEarthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChinesePolychrome plaster
20th centuryMinoanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseTerracotta; pale yellow clay with slip, applied purple for details
6th century BCEGreekTinned copper
16th-17th centuryPersianEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze coral-red, green, and black enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseGlass, engraved and gilded
18th centuryBritishBuff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianSteatite or chlorite
3rd millennium BCEMesopotamian