4th-7th century
8.5 x 6.8 x 2.3 cm (3 3/8 x 2 11/16 x 7/8 in.)
Transfer from the Peabody Museum, Jan. 10, 1978.
Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Hongzhi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, kraak-type ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark of an artemisia leaf within a double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th-5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
7th century BCEEtruscanTerracotta, polished black ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianPorcelaneous white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze iron-brown slip
15th centuryVietnameseEarthenware with impressed decor
6th-5th century BCEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and with overglaze yellow enamel over the white decoration; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" written on the base against a cobalt-blue ground
16th centuryChinesePlaster
Jizhou ware: ivory white stoneware with decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze, the reserved designs covered with clear glaze over slip-painted details, selected details incised through the brown glaze. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChinese
Copper alloy
1st century CE