c. 3000 BCE-2000 BCE
actual: 6.8 x 21.3 cm (2 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Silver, fruitwood
18th centuryBritishCast bronze with decoration inlaid in hseet gold, silver, and sheet silver
17th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Cuiyun guan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Lodge of Emerald Clouds) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseAlabaster
7th-6th century BCEEgyptianTerracotta
8th century BCEGreekEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryAmericanTerracotta
Greek