13th century
12.5 x 10.5 cm (4 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanAlabaster
16th-11th century BCEEgyptianPlain celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
11th-12th centuryKoreanEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with molded decoration highlighted in underglaze cobalt-blue against an overglaze yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChinesePolychrome plaster
20th centuryMinoanCeladon ware: light gray stoneware over carved and incised decoration
6th centuryChineseSilver
17th-18th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryAmericanGray earthenware with cold painted pigment
1st-3rd century CEChineseEtching fired onto ceramic plate, then colored, glazed, and refired
19th centuryFrenchBlack earthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseDark gray earthenware with inscription incised on the interior wall of the footring after firing
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese