400 BCE-300 BCE
9.7 x 5.3 cm (3 13/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Metal
16th centuryItalianSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchSilver
18th centuryBritishInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised and carved decoration and over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKoreanTerracotta, red slip, polished
3rd millennium BCENear EasternCeramic
13th-14th centuryPersianOpaque black glass
2nd-3rd century CERomanLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with incised and carved decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
16th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryAmericanStone
3rd millennium BCESumerianYaozhou ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark reading "Shendetang zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChinese