c. 300 BCE
Woman's head in outline facing left, black and red glaze curl escaping from sakkos.
2 x 12.5 cm (13/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Pale blue-green glass
1st-3rd century CERomanSancai ("three color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze on the interior and lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splashed clear glaze on the lip and exterior, the glazes slightly degraded
8th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
13th-14th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with an overglaze red enamel Tibetan (?) mark within a double square on the base
19th centuryChineseSue ware: gray surfaced reddish-brown stoneware with incised decoration
7th-8th centuryJapaneseGray earthenware with openwork decoration and with traces of cold-painted red and white pigments
2nd-1st century BCEChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekLight gray stoneware with crazed ivory glaze stained brown
16th-17th centuryKoreanGlass
20th centurySwedishChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with three molded appliqué decorative elements, the ewer coated with olive-toned celadon glaze over a thin coat of white slip, the appliqué elements further splashed with caramel glaze. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelain with lightly incised "anhua" decoration at the top and bottom of the handle
15th centuryChinese