c. 3000 BCE-2000 BCE
actual: 9.1 x 7.8 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Silver
18th centuryIrishNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze with areas of purple; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseBuff earthenware with appliqué handles and tabs, with decoration painted in black slip, and with traces of natural ash glaze
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseBronze
5th century BCEEtruscanTerracotta with black gloss
5th century BCEGreekOnda ware: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip enlivened with chatter marks on the exterior
21st centuryJapaneseHard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanBuff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianEarthenware, molded under monochrome lead glaze
8th centuryIslamicPale green glass
RomanEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a circle on the base
18th centuryChineseTerracotta; buff clay, brown and reddish glaze
7th century BCEGreek