early 5th century BCE
14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Pale blue-green glass
Graeco-RomanTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekJian ware: medium gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze gold. Perhaps from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
13th-14th centuryChineseGlass
5th-3rd century BCEGreekCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseGilt silver
16th centuryGermanMolded light gray earthenware with incised, stamped, and gouged decoration
3rd-1st century BCEChineseEarthenware with brown lead glaze
1st-3rd century CEChineseCarved celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration
12th centuryKoreanTerracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianWhite stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal
17th-18th centuryChineseReddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with black (manganese and iron), red (iron), and yellow-staining black (chromium) under clear lead glaze
10th centuryPersian