Alabaster
16th-11th century BCEEgyptianCeramic
ChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" in a double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekTemmoku-inspired ware; light gray stoneware with impressed decoration inlaid with white slip under clear glaze, the floor of the bowl covered with black glaze partially washed with overglaze brown slip
20th centuryJapaneseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the unglazed rim originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns in Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekSilver
18th centuryBritishOlive and grayish-green translucent nephrite with deep brown and dark green patches and with altered areas
3rd-1st century BCEChineseSilver
19th centuryBritishBronze
8th century BCEIranianEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with molded decoration highlighted in underglaze cobalt-blue against an overglaze yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChinese