Cup in center of image.
Fritware painted with blue (cobalt) under clear alkali glaze
17th centuryPersianSterling
19th centuryAmericanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over molded decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: ivory white stoneware with olive brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing
14th centuryChineseDark and light gray nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
19th centuryChineseBlack-surfaced gray stoneware with combed, appliqué, and openwork decoration
5th-6th centuryKoreanCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseSilver, fruitwood, ivory
18th centuryBritishCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseGrayish white jadeite with emerald green markings
18th-19th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritish