2nd millennium BCE
Red-slipped low bowl with a round base and loop like handle. Stripes of fine black lines intersect to form a basket-weaving pattern across base. Striped handle. Interior pitted and crusted with mineral deposits.
5.3 x 11.5 cm (2 1/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Terracotta
5th century BCEGreekBlue-green glass
Graeco-RomanBlue-green glass
4th-5th century CERomanEnameled ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze green and yellow enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Tian" (Heaven) on the base
15th centuryChineseTerracotta, black-glazed
3rd century BCEEtruscanHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanPorcelain with molded "anhua" decoration and incised "anhua" mark reading "Yongle nian zhi" on the floor
18th centuryChineseEarthenware, molded under monochrome lead glaze
8th centuryIslamicEnameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel
19th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseFritware with underglaze painting
19th-20th centuryEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading reading "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi" below the lip
17th-19th centuryChinese