3rd century BCE
H. 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.)
Porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels
17th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
RomanTerracotta with dark brown slip used for decoration and for interior of cup, handle
7th century BCEGreekLight gray stoneware with localized areas of natural ash glaze and of kiln-darkened surface
5th-6th centuryKoreanNumbered 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 centuryChineseSilver; coffee pot and tea pot have ebony handles
19th centuryAmericanBronze
Chinese
Ceramic
20th centuryJapaneseTerracotta; buff clay, red glaze
8th century BCEGreekBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseTerracotta