c. 1085 BCE-31 BCE
actual: 7.62 x 8.89 cm (3 x 3 1/2 in.)
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with appliqué handles and with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion and the interior dressed with medium brown glaze
12th centuryChineseCeramic
19th centuryPersianRed stoneware ("Rosso Antico") with black stoneware relief
19th centuryBritishPorphyry with gold ormoulu mounts
18th centuryFrenchTerracotta
6th-4th century BCEGreekEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and overglaze yellow enamel over the reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" reserved against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground within a double circle, the mark and double-circle picked out in yellow enamel
16th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChineseBlue glass
1st century CERomanBrown-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze iron-brown slip
17th centuryKoreanCarved celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration
12th centuryKoreanRusset Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kiln complex, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseMaiolica
20th centuryGerman