17th century
32 × 14 cm (12 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseGray stoneware with impressed decoration
5th-3rd century BCEChineseMetal
19th centuryBritishTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekEarthenware with traces of slip-painted decoration
5th millennium BCEChinesePossibly Xing ware; porcelain with incised and appliqué decoration. Possibly made at the Xing kilns, Hebei province.
10th-11th centuryChineseEnameled 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
4th century BCEGreekBuff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianEarthenware
6th millennium BCEChineseHakeme type: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over brush-applied white slip, the slip encouraged to run to create patterns, with artist’s mark impressed on the base
21st centuryJapaneseCeramic
19th centuryJapanese