c. 550 BCE
10 × 9.8 cm (3 15/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
Pale blue glass
1st-2nd century CERomanJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchGilt silver
17th centuryDutchGlass, enamel, nickel silver, and plastic
20th centuryGermanSilver
18th centuryBritishCloisonné enamel
18th centuryChineseSalt glazed stoneware
20th centuryBritish, WelshPorcelain with cobalt blue underglaze and yellow enamel overglaze
16th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with cloudy celadon glaze, an unglazed, molded decorative element appliquéd at the center of the floor. From the Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province.
13th-14th centuryChinese