c. 3000 BCE-2000 BCE
H. 11 x Diam. 23.5 cm (4 5/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with pale bluish green celadon glaze over a thin white-slip ground
10th-11th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and combed decoration, the interior coated with a thin layer of underglaze white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekBlue faience
4th-1st century BCEHellenisticCeramic
16th centuryItalianEarthenware with green and brown lead glazes
1st century BCEChineseColorless glass
2nd-3rd century CERomanCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseSilver
18th centuryAmericanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseEnameled ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze and overglaze yellow enamel over incised decoration; with incised mark reading "Da Ming Jiajingnian zhi" within a circle on the base
16th centuryChinese