c. 400 BCE
11.4 x 5 cm (4 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.)
Originally a pale greenish-white nephrite changed to a creamy-buff because of burning (so-called chicken-bone jade); the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
16th-17th centuryChineseFaience
6th century BCEGreekCast bronze
11th-10th century BCEChineseSancai ("three color") ware: pink earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze embellished with designs in cobalt-blue, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChineseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKoreanPale green-brown glass
1st-2nd century CERomanTerracotta
6th-5th century BCESouth ItalianSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchSilver, gilt
19th centuryBritishKimhae-type ware: brick-red earthenware with impressed cord marks. Possibly made near Kimhae, South Kyŏngsang province.
1st-3rd century CEKoreanPossibly Xing ware; porcelain with incised and appliqué decoration. Possibly made at the Xing kilns, Hebei province.
10th-11th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration
11th-12th centuryChinese