11th-8th century BCE
White slip with brown decoration. Wide mouth, spherical body tapering to narrow foot. Foot is partially restored. Body banded by stripes of varying widths and a band of three triangles filled with a cross-hatch pattern.
18.2 x 11.4 cm (7 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels; with spurious mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi"
17th centuryChineseSilver with parcel gilding and with inlaid black stone
4th-3rd century BCEChineseProto-porcelain ware: stoneware with natural ash glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseCopper alloy
5th century BCEGreekHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanTerracotta
3rd-7th centurySasanianPorcelain with overglaze red, green, and gold enamels; rim repaired with gold lacquer
18th centuryJapaneseLeaded bronze, silver inlay
2nd-3rd century CERomanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseEarthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseFritware painted with blue (cobalt) and brown (chromium) under clear alkali glaze
17th centurySilver
Dutch