6th-5th century BCE
H. 10.8 x diam. at top 9.4 cm (4 1/4 x 3 11/16 in.)
Black earthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseJade carved in Mughal style; pale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseFritware
14th centuryPersianCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseJian 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 centuryChineseEarthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 4 (si) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong jingqi xuan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Pavilion of Serene Repose) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseSatsuma ware; white earthenware with designs in overglaze polychrome enamels and with relief and three-dimensional applique decoration and applied stones
19th centuryJapaneseCast bronze; with integrally cast four-character inscription reading "Zuo Fu Xin _?_" on the interior of the lip
11th-10th century BCEChineseBone
5th centuryRoman?Carved rhinoceros horn
18th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryAmerican