19th-20th century
Reproduction of a gold Vapheio cup with repoussé decoration showing a wild bull hunt in action. The original was found in a tholos tomb in Vapheio, Laconia.
8.1 x 10.3 cm (3 3/16 x 4 1/16 in.)
Buff-colored earthenware painted with luster (silver and copper) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin
10th centuryPlaster
20th centuryMinoanMetal
16th centuryItalianSilver, ivory
19th centuryBritish, ScottishLight gray stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip under translucent light bluish green glaze
20th centuryJapaneseSancai ("three color") ware: pink earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze embellished with designs in cobalt-blue, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with transparent olive green glaze over incised and applique decor
11th-9th century BCEChineseMold-blown and pressed smoky topaz glass
20th centuryAmericanNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion of the exterior dressed with black slip. From the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.
12th centuryChineseGray stoneware with stamped and incised decoration. Reportedly recovered in Hyŏnp'ung-myŏn, Talsŏng-gun, near Kyŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province, in 1960.
7th-8th centuryKorean