Reproduction of a Minoan Cosmetic Jar

Russet Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron-oxide. Probably from the kilns at Jianci villiage, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.

Silver

Silver

Silver

Terracotta, impasto

Plaster

Gray stoneware with combed decoration. Reportedly recovered near Kongju, South Ch'ungch'ong province.

Cast bronze with heavy incrustations of green and russet patina

Terracotta

Terracotta, brown ware

Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in black slip on a white-slip ground under a clear glaze, the clear glaze then covered all over with a lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze; with brush-written inscription on the interior of the foot ring