800-587 BCE
21.5 x 13.5 x 5 cm (8 7/16 x 5 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground. Probably from the Guantai kilns, near Handan, Hebei province.
12th centuryChineseTerracotta with dark brown paint around rim and streak across middle
1st century CERomanGlass
2nd-4th century CERomanSilver
18th centuryBritishLight gray stoneware with crazed ivory glaze stained brown
16th-17th centuryKoreanSilver
18th centuryBritishNanfeng ware: light gray stoneware with decoration reserved against the medium brown glaze, the rim and reserved designs with clear glaze over white slip. From the Baishe kilns in Nanfeng county, Jiangxi province
12th-13th centuryChineseEnamel
20th centuryAustrianNickel silver and ebony
20th centuryGermanBlack basaltes
19th centuryBritish