c. 3000 BCE-2000 BCE
actual: 9.1 x 7.8 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Underglaze slip-painted earthenware
10th centuryPersianNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
15th-16th centuryChineseGlass, mold blown and tooled
10th-11th centuryPersianCeramic
ChineseTerracotta
8th century BCEGreekJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanFaience
6th century BCEGreekCast bronze with integrally cast intaglio archaistic mark
19th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: molded, light gray stoneware with cloudy celadon glaze and with appliqué legs. From the Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
8th century BCECycladic