14th century
11.9 x 6 x 4.7 cm (4 11/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Porcelain with white glaze and red and green overglaze enamels
14th-15th centuryChineseEarthenware with cord impressed decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChinesePorcelain with overglaze red, green, and gold enamels
18th centuryJapaneseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the saggar fragments made of coarse reddish buff firing clay. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseGlass
20th centurySwedishSilver and fruitwood
18th centuryAmericanSilver
18th centuryBritishNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 8 (ba) inscribed on base; “Ying tai Lan shi yong” (Ocean Terrace, used in the Orchid Room) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze yellow and red enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritish