5th century
10.3 cm (4 1/16 in.)
Silver, fruitwood, ivory
18th centuryBritishBronze
8th century BCEIranianCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with carved vertical flutes under pale whitish gray glaze, the glaze over a coating of white slip applied to the full exterior and the upper portion of the interior. Probably made at the Cizhou kilns at Cixian, near Handan, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
18th centuryChineseCarved wood, the knob made of semi-precious stone
19th-20th centuryChinesePale green glass
RomanSilver
18th centuryAmericanPewter
18th centurySwissElectrotype of gold original; hammered
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanSilver
18th centuryAmericanLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with cloudy celadon glaze, an unglazed, molded decorative element appliquéd at the center of the floor. From the Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province.
13th-14th centuryChinese