first half 5th century BCE
17.8 x 12.5 cm (7 x 4 15/16 in.)
Jade
17th centuryMughalJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with appliqué handle
6th centuryKoreanTerracotta
LydianYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with pale bluish green celadon glaze over a thin white-slip ground
10th-11th centuryChineseCast bronze with pale green patina
7th-6th century BCEChineseLight gray earthenware with dark brown glaze and splash of greenish glaze on mouth and neck
18th centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekCeramic
17th centuryGermanMonochrome lead-glazed ware: buff earthenware with lead-fluxed, orange-brown glaze over incised decoration, the decoration incised into the wash of white slip that covers the vessel's interior, the white slip continuing over the upper portion of the exterior
10th-11th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChinese