1500-1400 BCE
Top and shoulder: bands. Body: waves and bands. Third handle missing.
H. 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and applique decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
11th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze (now much degraded) over a white slip ground on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseHammered brass, incised and inlaid with silver (now mostly lost)
14th centuryPersianPlaster
Cast bronze with integrally cast intaglio archaistic mark
19th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with olive-green ash glaze over applique lug handles
8th-9th centuryChineseOpaque blue glass with yellow decoration
5th-4th century BCEGreekLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze, the unglazed areas with rust-brown skin. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th centuryChineseMarble
3rd millennium BCECycladicTerracotta
5th century BCEGreek