c. 3000-2900 BCE
11.5 x 10.3 x 5.6 cm (4 1/2 x 4 1/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Terracotta, black glaze
4th century BCEGreekYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanEnameled porcelain: biscuit porcelain with incised decoration, the principle design elements covered with yellow enamel, the additional designs with aubergine enamel; with spurious(?) underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChinesePlaster
Bronze
Terracotta
4th century BCEGreekPale blue glass
RomanCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanTerracotta; pale yellow clay with slip, applied purple for details
6th century BCEGreek