Qijia culture, 2200 BCE - 1500 BCE
8.6 x 13 x 11 cm (3 3/8 x 5 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
William B. Goldstein, Wilton, CT purchased from J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Earthenware with impressed decoration
5th millennium BCEChineseSilver, fruitwood
18th centuryBritishLight gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered in North or South Chŏlla province.
16th-17th centuryKoreanAlabaster
3rd millennium BCEEgyptianEarthenware with brown lead glaze
1st-3rd century CEChinesePlaster
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseCeramic
20th centuryJapaneseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches and plum branches reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns in Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta
ItalicSatsuma ware; white earthenware with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels and with impressed inscription on the base
19th centuryJapanese