11th century
10 x 9 cm (3 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Terracotta
4th century BCEGreekBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryKoreanTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekSilver
18th centuryAmericanLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over molded decoration
1st-2nd century CEChineseCeramic
17th centuryJapaneseHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels
18th-19th centuryGermanMetal and nautilus shell
20th centuryGermanCast bronze with blackish patina; with dedicatory inscription by Lady Geng Ying cast on both the vessel floor and lid interior
10th century BCEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and overglaze yellow enamel over the reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" reserved against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground within a double circle, the mark and double-circle picked out in yellow enamel
16th centuryChineseTerracotta
CypriotBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches and plum branches reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChinese