4th century BCE
7.1 x 5.4 cm (2 13/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Probably bought by Henry W. Haynes, 1873-1878. Bequest of Henry W. Haynes to the Department of the Classics, 1912. Transfer from the Department of the Classics, 1977.
Yaozhou "moon white" (yuebai) ware: very light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over thin coating of white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseTransitional blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
17th centuryChineseCeramic
19th centuryJapaneseExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseBronze
5th-3rd century BCEEtruscanCeramic
13th centuryPersianTerracotta; pale reddish clay with slip, black paint
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekPale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryIrishTerracotta, brown to gray ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianSilver-gilt
17th centuryBritish