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.)
Bronze
3rd century BCEGraeco-PersianTerracotta; buff clay, brown glaze
6th century BCEGreekCast bronze with gray-green patina; with a five-character dedicatory inscription cast on vessel floor
10th-8th century BCEChineseMonochrome enameled ware: porcelain with an all-over coating of yellow enamel over underglaze incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta, black ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianTerracotta
1st millennium CEByzantineMetal
20th centuryGermanDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze mottled with cobalt blue
8th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze (now much degraded) over a white slip ground on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
10th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreek