Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze, the upper portion splashed with iron-brown slip on the dished mouth. Probably from the Yue kilns near Shaoxing, Zhejian province

4th century CEChinese

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Cast of an Arretine Bowl

Unknown Artist

Plaster

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Stamped Amphora Handle

Unknown Artist, 90-140 CE

Terracotta

1st-2nd century CERoman

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Wine taster's cup

Unidentified Artist, 17th-19th century

Silver

17th-19th centuryFrench

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Saucer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, 1774-1814

Hard-paste decorated with polychrome enamels

18th-19th centuryGerman

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Three-Piece Tea Service

William Thomson, c. 1820

Silver and wood

19th centuryAmerican

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Openwork Cover with Jade Finial in the Form of a Female Animal and Cub

Unknown Artist, 19th-early 20th Century

Grayish green nephrite; carved wood

19th-20th centuryChinese

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Tall, Elongated Vase with Short Neck and Iron-Rust Glaze

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Monochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with dark brown glaze suffused with iridescent silvery flecks

19th centuryChinese

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Circular Oil Drip Plate (Aburazara) with Decoraiton of Flowers with Tendrils

Unknown Artist, Mid Edo period, circa 1770

Ceramic

18th centuryJapanese

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Large Circular Dish with Everted Lip and Stylized Floral Décor

Unknown Artist, 10th-11th century

Monochrome lead-glazed ware: buff earthenware with lead-fluxed, orange-brown glaze over incised decoration, the decoration incised into the wash of white slip that covers the vessel's interior, the white slip continuing over the upper portion of the exterior

10th-11th centuryChinese