12th-13th century
Diam. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Cast bronze with gray-green patina
5th century BCEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 4 (si) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong jingqi xuan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Pavilion of Serene Repose) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseCast bronze; with inscription on the vessel floor and interior of cover
20th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseSilver
18th-19th centuryDutchBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanPunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over stamped and carved decoration inlaid with white slip
15th-16th centuryKoreanNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion dressed with dark brown slip
12th centuryChinese