16th-17th century
5.08 x 14.92 cm (2 x 5 7/8 in.)
Leaded bronze
5th-3rd century BCEEtruscanSilver
17th centuryBritishCeramic bizen ware vase
20th centuryJapaneseTemmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze streaked with yellow overglaze, the foot and base with medium brown skin; with incised signature reading "Moriyasu saku" on the base
20th centuryJapaneseSterling silver
20th centuryAmericanBuff earthenware with decoration painted in dark brown slip, the surface burnished before firing. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province; probably Gansu province.
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseFritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over blue (cobalt) transparent alkali glaze and white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin
13th centuryPersianHard paste porcelain with feldspathic glaze
19th centuryGermanLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with translucent celadon glaze over mold-impressed decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
14th centuryChineseSilverplate
20th centuryAmericanCeramic
13th-14th century