Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

12th-13th centuryChinese

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Bowl with Birds and Inscriptions

Unknown Artist, 10th century

Reddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with black (manganese and iron) under clear lead glaze

10th century

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Two-handled Cup

Matthew Lofthouse, 1710-1711

Silver

18th centuryBritish

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Circular Oil Drip Plate (Aburazara) with Decoration of Bridges and Three Birds

Unknown Artist, Mid Edo period, circa 1770

Ceramic

18th centuryJapanese

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Ovoid jar

Unknown Artist, 3rd-early 4th century

Yue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze

3rd-4th century CEChinese

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Small Bowl with Everted Lip

Unknown Artist, 12th-13th century

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.

12th-13th centuryChinese

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Black-figure Skyphos on Ringfoot: Erotic Scenes

Unknown Artist, 530-520 BCE

Terracotta

6th century BCEGreek

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Reproduction of a Minoan Marine Style Rhyton

Unknown Artist, Early 20th century (reproduction of ca. 1625-1470 BCE original)

Polychrome plaster

Terracotta

Globular Jar with Short, Lightly Flaring Neck

Unknown Artist, 8th-9th century

White stoneware with clear glaze

8th-9th centuryChinese

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Circular Dish with Steep Flaring Sides and Stylized Floral Decor

Unknown Artist, 12th-13th century

Qingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze

12th-13th centuryChinese