5th century
10.3 cm (4 1/16 in.)
Cloisonné enamel
18th centuryChineseGlazed porcelain, gold paint
20th centuryGermanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryAmericanEarthenware
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseSilver
18th-19th centuryBritishCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseCeramic
20th centurySwedishTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Ziqiang buxi yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Room of Unceasing Self-Improvement) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryBritish, EnglishCeramic
18th centuryJapanese