1100-700 BCE
Cypriote Early Iron Age. Oval body, upward tapering thin neck, tubular spout. On shoulder, three groups of parallel vertical lines between zig-zags. On central part of body, a wide red band between black rings of different sizes. Rings on lip and base of neck. Collar around spout.
H. 20.4 x diam. 15.9 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Terracotta
1st century CERomanTerracotta
White stoneware with clear glaze over applique molded decoration
10th-11th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-white glaze (the glaze possibly over white slip)
8th-9th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseEarthenware
2nd millennium BCEChineseBronze
1st-2nd century CERomanDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
7th-8th centuryChineseCizhou-type ware: light gray stoneware with medium brown glaze over white slip, the decoration incised into the glaze before firing to reveal the white slip. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
16th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishEnameled biscuit porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel over incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
16th centuryChinese