11th century
9.8 x 11.5 cm (3 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
John J. Herrmann Jr. and Annewies van den Hoek, purchased in the 1970s.
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip banded with silver. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
13th centuryChineseGray stoneware with incised, combed, and openwork decoration
5th-6th centuryKoreanSilver, fruitwood
18th centuryBritishSilver
17th centuryBritishGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing to reveal the light gray body, the revealed body clay dressed with white glaze in localized areas
13th-14th centuryChineseCeramic
19th centuryJapaneseCeramic
ChineseLeaded bronze
6th century BCEGreekCeramic
18th centuryAustrian