14th century
8.5 x 7 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Electrotype, copper, silver, and silver-gilt, nautilus shell
20th centuryGermanPorcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
16th-15th century BCEEgyptianYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and applique decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
11th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishTerracotta
GreekDing-type ware: translucent, off-white porcelaneous stoneware with clear glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianSilver
19th centuryAmericanDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChinese