c. 450 BCE
Pitcher-Oinochoe Type VIII.
Gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
3rd-1st century BCEChineseCast bronze; with integrally cast three-character inscription reading "Yao Zuo Yi" on the interior wall
11th-10th century BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryIslamicHard-paste decorated with polychrome enamels
18th-19th centuryGermanYaozhou ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryChineseGlass
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanEnameled biscuit porcelain: molded biscuit porcelain with decoration painted in aubergine enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double-circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta, traces of paint
South ItalianSilverplate
20th centuryAmericanCeramic
18th centuryJapanese