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.
Gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
2nd-1st century BCEChineseMottled buff and olive-green nephrite, dimly translucent at the edges
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseSilver
16th-17th centuryBritishNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
13th-14th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered in Pŏpsŏngp'o, Yŏnggwang-gun, South Chŏlla province, in early 1963.
17th-18th centuryKoreanGlass
2nd-4th century CERomanCast bronze with pale green patina
13th century BCEChineseGlass
1st-5th century CEGraeco-RomanTerracotta, wheel-made
6th century BCEEtruscanMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with crackled yellow glaze
19th centuryChineseTerracotta
7th century BCEGreekMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
17th-18th centuryChinese