625 --550 BCE
Ring vase with flat sides and aryballos mouth and handle; decorated with zigzag patterns in concentric bands.
actual: 9.4 x 2.3 x 8.2 cm (3 11/16 x 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Terracotta
5th century BCEGreekSilver, ivory
18th centuryBritishUnderglaze painted fritware
16th centuryOttomanMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior
8th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing to reveal the light gray body, the revealed body clay dressed with white glaze in localized areas
13th-14th centuryChineseSmall brass cup with a European-style rosette on bottom exterior
20th centuryPersianBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th-17th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryBritishMetal
20th centuryGermanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Tianqi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChinese