12th-13th century
H. 8.6 x Diam. 19.1 cm (3 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Porphyry with gold ormoulu mounts
18th centuryFrenchJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseCrossbar: Bronze; Rivet: Copper
4th-3rd century BCEGreek or EtruscanGreenish white nephrite
19th centuryChineseCopper alloy
8th-7th century BCEIranianTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekBronze
IranianNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin and purplish brown slip on the lower portion. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta with black paint and traces of white painted spiral decoration
4th century BCESouth ItalianMetal
20th centuryGermanProto-porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
9th-8th century BCEChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChinese