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Small Lotus-Bud-Shaped Jar with Oil-Spot Decoration

Unknown Artist, 12th century

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide

12th centuryChinese

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Trefoil Oinochoe Handle

Unknown Artist, late 4th-first half of the 3rd century BCE

Bronze

4th-3rd century BCEGreek

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Ribbon-Shaped Handle with Lower Attachment Plate of Couchant Rams

Unknown Artist, mid 6th century BCE

Leaded bronze, traces of gilding

6th century BCEGreek

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Bull Head Protome from a Cauldron

Unknown Artist, 7th-6th century BCE

Bronze

7th-6th century BCENeo-Hittite ?

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Circular Dish with Decoration of a Fruiting Branch Surrounded by Four of the Eight Treasures (Ba bao)

Unknown Artist, 14th century

Silver with incised decoration

14th centuryChinese

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Wide-Mouthed Jar with Four Lug Handles

Unknown Artist, 3rd century

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration

3rd-4th century CEChinese

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Globular Jar with Ascending Lotus-Petal Decor

Unknown Artist, 10th century

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.

10th centuryChinese

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Short-Necked Ovoid Bottle Lightly Segmented to Resemble a Melon

Unknown Artist, late 10th century

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.

10th centuryChinese

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Segmented Ewer with Ribbon and Brocade Decor

Unknown Artist, 11th century

Liao sancai ("three-color") ware: molded grayish white earthenware with lead-fluxed amber-yellow and emerald-green glazes

11th centuryChinese

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Jar with Chrysanthemum-Petal Decor

Unknown Artist, 11th-early 12th century

Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over white-slip-coated applique decoration

11th-12th centuryChinese

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Flat Circular Dish with Everted Rim and with Decoration of Two Geese in Flight amidst Clouds, the Geese Carrying Blossoming Branches in Their Beaks

Unknown Artist, late 12th-early 13th century

Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over mold-impressed decoration, the unglazed rim bound with metal. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.

12th-13th centuryChinese

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Small Circular Bowl with Stylized Lotus and Wave Decor

Unknown Artist, 12th century

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

12th centuryChinese

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Kiln Waster: Small Tea or Wine Bowl

Unknown Artist, probably 12th century

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze, the unglazed areas with rust-brown skin. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.

12th centuryChinese

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Small Ewer with Floral Decoration

Unknown Artist, 12th-13th century

Jizhou ware: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

12th-13th centuryChinese

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Vase in the Shape of an Archaic Jade 'Cong' Ritual Implement

Unknown Artist, Qianlong period, 1736 - 1795

Jingdezhen 'Guan'-type ware: porcelain with crackled, grayish blue, 'guan'-type glaze; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading 'Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi' in seal-script characters on the base

18th centuryChinese

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Small, Round-Bottomed, Globular Jar with Everted Lip and Cord-Marked Decor

Unknown Artist, Proto Three Kingdoms period, 1st-3rd century

Kimhae-type ware: brick-red earthenware with impressed cord marks. Possibly made near Kimhae, South Kyŏngsang province.

1st-3rd century CEKorean

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Round-Bottomed, Globular Jar with Dished Mouth and Cord-Marked Decor

Unknown Artist, c. late 4th century

Gray earthenware with impressed cord marks

4th century CEKorean

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Small, Round-Bottomed Jar with Flaring Mouth and Abstract Decor, and with a Small Hole in the Vessel, Perhaps for Pouring or for Attaching a Spout

Unknown Artist, Probably Kaya, possibly Paekche Kingdom, 5th century

Gray stoneware with combed and appliqué decoration, perhaps originally with a fitted spout

5th centuryKorean

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Round-Bottomed, Compressed-Globular Jar with Vertical Lip and Two Lug Handles, the Jar Perhaps Originally with a Cover

Unknown Artist, 5th-6th century

Light gray stoneware with variegated reddish-buff skin, with impressed cord marks on the lower half and with localized areas of natural ash glaze, the natural glaze droplets now disintegrated and flaked away. Reportedly recovered in Asan-myŏn, Koch'ang-gun, North Chŏlla province in 1963.

5th-6th centuryKorean