c. 800-600 BCE
36.8 cm (14 1/2 in.)
Splashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseEnamel on metal
16th centuryFrenchBlack and ivory paint on terre de faience
20th centurySpanishCeladon ware: light gray stoneware over carved and incised decoration
6th centuryChineseMottled yellow nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
18th-19th centuryChineseBronze with glass
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with carved and appliqué décor. From the Yue kilns in the Shanglinhu area, northeastern Zhejiang province
6th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekPlaster
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 5 (wu) inscribed inside the footring before firing and incised on the base after firing
15th centuryChinese