HANDLE FROM A WINE JAR FOUND AT KNOSSUS

Silver

Gray stoneware

Carved rhinoceros horn

Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the rim banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.

Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration and silver

Punch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over stamped and incised decoration inlaid with white slip

Pale blue glass

Turned bronze

Jian ware: medium gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze gold. Perhaps from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.

Terracotta

Sancai ("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