c. 500 BCE
Purchased in Athens
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 6 (liu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChinesePewter
16th centuryFrenchGilded silver
19th centuryEuropeanTerracotta with red slip
CypriotBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th-17th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryFrenchPunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over incised decoration inlaid in black and white slips
15th centuryKoreanHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration and silver
18th centuryGermanTerracotta; reddish yellow clay with slip
7th-6th century BCEGreekEarthenware with overglaze painting
9th centuryMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze and traces of decoration painted in overglaze gold enamel
18th centuryChinese