4th century BCE
8.1 × 4.1 × 4.9 cm (3 3/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 15/16 in.) 41.6 grams
Purchased from Charles Kelekian, New York.
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. Probably from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
2nd millennium BCECypriotFritware painted with blue (cobalt) under clear alkali glaze
15th centuryPersianMolded fritware covered with turquoise (copper) alkali glaze opacified with tin
13th centuryQianlong-style molded porcelain: porcelain with molded decoration under very pale blue qingbai-type glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and incised decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchStoneware with grayish white glaze
14th-15th centuryThaiTerracotta
Stoneware with incised decoration under celadon glaze
12th centuryKoreanTerracotta
6th-5th century BCEGreekPorcelain with underglaze cobalt-painted decoration
18th centuryKorean