9th-8th century BCE
Covered solidly with black glaze. Handle missing.
H. 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.)
From Athens.
Terracotta
2nd century BCEHellenisticLushan ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze embellished with variegated light blue splashes. Probably from the Duandian kiln, Lushan county, Henan province.
8th-9th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Ziqiang buxi yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Room of Unceasing Self-Improvement) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekSilver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta with black paint
4th century BCESouth ItalianPorcelain
20th centuryAmericanwood
ChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekSilver
18th centuryBritishPale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChinese