Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion of the exterior dressed with black slip. From the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.

12th centuryChinese

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Covered Funerary Urn with Decoration of Figures, Dragons, and Clouds

Unknown Artist, 13th century

Qingbai-type ware: off-white or gray stoneware with pale sky-blue glaze over applique decoration.

13th centuryChinese

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Kyathos

Unknown Artist, mid 5th-3rd century BCE

Leaded bronze

5th-3rd century BCEEtruscan

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Stirrup Jar

Unknown Artist, c. 1190 BCE-1050 BCE

Terracotta, bichrome brown and light brown on white buff

12th-11th century BCEMycenaean

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Stamnoid Vase with Banded Decoration

Unknown Artist, 6th-5th century BCE

6th-5th century BCESouth Italian

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Tureen

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, c. 1730

Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gold

18th centuryGerman

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Small Black-Gloss Hydria

Unknown Artist, 2nd-1st century BCE

Terracotta

4th-3rd century BCEGreek

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Alabastron (oil flask): Black Archer with Palm Tree

Unknown Artist, 480-470 BCE

Terracotta

5th century BCEGreek

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Tea Caddy with Cover

Frankenthal Porcelain Manufactory, 1755-1762

Hard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration

Terracotta

Brown enamelled bowl with lump of mortar-like substance

20th centuryGerman