c. 1500 BCE
Carved rhinoceros horn
18th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 8 (ba) inscribed on base; “Ying tai Lan shi yong” (Ocean Terrace, used in the Orchid Room) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with incised and carved decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
15th-16th centuryChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with crazed celadon glaze
10th-13th centuryChineseKutani ware, Ao-Kutani type: porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryJapaneseGlass
20th centurySwedishBlack painted under turquoise glaze
20th centuryAmericanSilver
18th-19th centuryFrenchSilver
17th centuryGermanPale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChinese