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.)
Pale blue glass
1st-3rd century CERomanLight green glass
3rd-4th century CERomanGray earthenware with traces of cold painted pigment
1st-3rd century CEChineseCast bronze with integrally cast intaglio archaistic mark
19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome and gold enamels
16th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekBronze
5th century BCEEtruscanPorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseEtching fired onto ceramic plate, then colored, glazed, and refired
19th centuryFrench