1500-1100 BCE
Hemispherical body, base ring foot. Small flat horizontal handle pointed at each end, and pierced by 2 vertical holes. Exterior decorated with bands of lattice pattern and latticed lozenges.
H. 9.2 x diam. 17.8 cm (3 5/8 x 7 in.)
Silver
17th-19th centuryFrenchQingbai ware: molded porcelain with off-white glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th-13th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel added to the exterior at a later date
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanBlue-green glass
1st-2nd century CERomanCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in light and dark brown slips on a white slip ground; with maker's mark reading 'Wang Jia Zao' (Made [by the] Wang Family) brushed in underglaze dark brown slip on the underside.
12th-13th centuryChineseCeramic
17th centuryGermanSilver
18th centuryBritishEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
17th centuryChineseTerracotta
2nd-1st century BCEGreekSilver, fruitwood, ivory
18th centuryBritishCeramic
16th-17th centuryJapanese