c. 500 BCE
Inscription: "Ail". Hunter carrying a pelt and striding to right; in front, a stag. On the shoulder, a ray pattern.
13.6 x 5.2 cm (5 3/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Molded celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration
12th centuryKoreanRed-and-white ware, "youli hong" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze copper red; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseLeaded bronze
3rd-2nd century BCEEtruscanTerracotta
6th century BCEItalo-CorinthianReddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with red (iron), black (manganese and iron), and green (chromium) under clear lead glaze
10th-11th centuryPale blue glass
1st-2nd century CERomanEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseGreenish yellow nephrite with localized brown markings
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with applique handles and decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt blue ground, the reserved designs embellished with overglaze polychrome enamels; with an underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th centuryChinesePlaster
Silver
18th centuryAmericanJizhou or Jizhou-type ware: white stoneware with clear glaze, the decoration incised and carved through the glaze before firing. Probably from the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province; possibly from the Linchuan kilns at Linchuan, Jiangxi province
13th centuryChinese