Red slip with incisions. Incised bands at neck, bands of diagonal lozenges with fill at midpoint of body, incised bands below. Globular body, long neck, flared lip. Rounded bottom with hairline crack. One handle. Lump at base of neck in front. Front part of lip missing
12 x 7.7 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and overglaze yellow enamel over the reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" reserved against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground within a double circle, the mark and double-circle picked out in yellow enamel
16th centuryChineseReddish earthenware covered with slip, incised, and color-splashed under clear glaze
11th-12th centuryIslamicMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th-1st century BCEGreekJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip bound with tin, the base with an incised number, and the lower portion of the bowl with a brush-written inscription reading "Shang zhai ji". From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
7th century BCEEtruscanLight gray stoneware with olive-green ash glaze over applique lug handles
8th-9th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryAmericanLeaded bronze
4th-3rd century BCEGraeco-RomanPale yellow glass
1st-3rd century CERomanLead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze (now much degraded) over a white slip ground on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChinese