9th-8th century BCE
Handle decorated with four bands. Fragmentary.
H. 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Leaded bronze
1st-2nd century CERomanTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekTerracotta, black ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianQingbai ware: molded porcelain with off-white glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th-13th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the Jian kilns at Jianyang, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseSmall brass cup with a European-style rosette on bottom exterior
20th centuryPersianNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina
5th-3rd century BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with dark (oxidized) celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slips. Reportedly recovered from a tomb in Yangp'yŏng, Kyŏnggi province, in 1962.
14th centuryKoreanCeramic
20th centurySwedishTerracotta
4th-1st century BCEGreek