2700-2200 BCE
5.3 x 12.9 cm (2 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Enamel on metal
16th centuryFrenchCeramic
JapaneseTerracotta with glossy black paint
4th century BCESouth ItalianFritware
13th centuryPersianBrown enamelled bowl with lump of mortar-like substance
20th centuryGermanOff white (or very light gray) stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze; with signature reading "Ken" inscribed on the base before firing
21st centuryJapaneseSilver, parcel-gilt
17th centuryBritishSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchTerracotta
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseCast bronze
11th-10th century BCEChineseGray stoneware with blackened surface
6th-3rd century BCEChinese