c. 400 BCE
7.6 × 4.8 cm (3 × 1 7/8 in.)
Fritware pierced and painted with black (chromium) under clear alkali glaze
17th-18th centuryNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze, the domed base with a turquoise blue glaze, the rim banded with metal
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
2nd millennium BCECypriotTerracotta
RomanPunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on the white-slip ground. Made near Kongju, at the foot of Mount Kyeryong, South Ch'ungch'ŏng province.
16th centuryKoreanMetal
20th centuryGermanPewter
19th centuryGermanNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion dressed with dark brown slip
12th centuryChineseImari ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt-blue
17th centuryJapaneseMarble, cinnabar
3rd millennium BCECycladicEnameled porcelain: biscuit porcelain with incised decoration, the principle design elements covered with yellow enamel, the additional designs with aubergine enamel; with spurious(?) underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChinese