early Western Zhou period, mid 11th-early 10th century BCE
14.2 x 10.7 x 8.3 cm (5 9/16 x 4 3/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
White earthenware with applique elements. Middle and Lower Yellow River area; Shandong and Jiangsu provinces; probably from Shandong province.
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseBronze
1st-2nd century CERomanPurple glass with gilt bronze mounts
19th centuryEuropean?Bronze
8th century BCEIranianStoneware with blue and white glaze
17th centuryChineseEarthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseFritware
11th-12th centuryYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration
13th-14th centuryChineseNorthern 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 centuryChineseBronze
IranianCeramic
20th centuryDutch