16th-17th century
8.89 x 8.1 cm (3 1/2 x 3 3/16 in.)
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseEtching fired onto ceramic plate, then colored, glazed, and refired
19th centuryFrenchTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekMonochrome enameled ware: porcelain with an all-over coating of yellow enamel over underglaze incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseAlabaster
16th-11th century BCEEgyptianDark and light gray nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
19th centuryChineseTerracotta
EtruscanSilver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta, black glaze
4th century BCEGreekFritware pierced and painted with black (chromium) under clear alkali glaze
17th-18th centuryLight gray stoneware with applique handles and incised and applique decor, the surface lightly burnished before firing. Anyang type.
13th-11th century BCEChinese