early 1st millennium BCE
21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)
Carved and slip-painted celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and incised decoration, the carved decoration embellished with painting in white slip
13th centuryKoreanTerracotta
11th-9th century BCECypriotPressed glass
19th centuryAmericanCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with carved and molded decoration, the bats painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryKoreanGray earthenware with cord-impressed decoration
10th-8th century BCEChineseCast bronze with heavy incrustations of green and russet patina
14th-11th century BCEChineseTerracotta
8th century BCEGreekNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with crackled grayish green glaze over iron-brown slip
19th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
20th centuryGermanCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing to reveal the light gray body, the revealed body clay dressed with white glaze in localized areas
13th-14th centuryChinese