6th-5th century BCE
H. 10.8 x diam. at top 9.4 cm (4 1/4 x 3 11/16 in.)
Terracotta
2nd century CEGreekCast bronze with a cast inscription on vessel floor
10th-13th centuryChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseFritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin
12th-13th centuryEnamel on copper with silver gilt mounts
16th centuryFrenchSilver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
14th century BCEMycenaeanSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue, emerald-green and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseBronze and --?
19th centuryFrenchMonochrome glazed porcelain, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and decoration painted in overglaze gold enamel
18th centuryChinese