early 5th century BCE
14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Monochrome-glazed ware: pale pink earthenware with (partially degraded) lead-fluxed, clear glaze over white slip ground on the exterior; the pale blue splashes applied over the glaze in the twentieth century, using blue ink or pigment; with lead-fluxed, yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChineseSilver
17th-18th centuryBritishPale blue-green glass
Monochrome glazed ware, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and with traces of decoration in overglaze gold enamel
ChineseTerracotta
Terracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Changchun shuwu yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Studio of Everlasting Spring) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
Silver
18th centuryAmericanEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze green and black enamels; with overglaze red enamel mark reading Tongzhi nian zhi within a double square on the base
19th centuryChineseBlack basalt with relief figures
18th centuryBritish