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
GreekWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseCast bronze with olive-green patina; with inscription cast on the interior
14th-11th century BCEChineseTerracotta
7th century BCEGreekBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from a kiln at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
15th centuryChineseStoneware with yellow-green celadon glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze and with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip, the rim dressed with white slip under clear glaze, the base and unglazed lower portion with a brush-written inscription reading "Wei Han Han / Wei / Wei"
12th-13th centuryChineseLeaded bronze
3rd-1st century BCEEtruscanPale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseCast bronze
11th-10th century BCEChinese