900-700 BCE
29 balsa wood boxes containing various archival materials
21st centuryPortugueseMixed copper alloy
19th-20th centuryUnidentified cultureSancai ("three-color") ware: molded pinkish white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green, caramel brown, and cobalt-blue glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChineseMixed copper alloy
10th-8th century BCEIranianTerracotta
RomanMarble
19th centuryFrenchBronze
8th-7th century BCEGreekBuff earthenware with modeled, applique and stippled decoration, the surface darkened in firing. Upper Yellow River Valley area; probably from Gansu or Qinghai province.
3rd millennium BCEChineseBronze
20th centuryGermanUnfired clay
1st century BCE-3rd century CEIndianBronze, wooden pedestal
20th centuryAmericanBlack basalt
18th centuryBritish