520-480 BCE
11 x 4.8 cm (4 5/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Buff earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over molded decoration
17th-19th centuryFaience, blue-green glaze
2nd-1st millennium BCEEgyptianLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with incised and carved decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
16th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and overglaze yellow enamel over the reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" reserved against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground within a double circle, the mark and double-circle picked out in yellow enamel
16th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekUnderglaze painted fritware
16th centuryOttomanLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze
11th centuryChineseSilver-gilt
17th centuryBritishJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown and transparent amber glazes. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale, sky-blue glaze over molded decoration, the unglazed lip banded with silver. From the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
12th-13th centuryChineseGreen-dipped jasperware with figures and decoration in white jasperware
18th-19th centuryBritish