500 BCE-450 BCE
12.5 x 4 cm (4 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Terracotta
6th century BCEGreekBrick-orange earthenware with impressed decoration
5th millennium BCEChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red and green enamels; swith purious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Xuande nian zao"
16th centuryChineseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slips under a celadon glaze
13th centuryKoreanSilver
17th centuryIrishGray earthenware
16th-15th century BCEChinese'Jiaotai' ware: laminated brown and white stoneware clays under a clear glaze, the rim with underglaze white slip
8th-9th centuryChineseNorthern 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 centuryChineseTerracotta
8th-7th century BCEGreekEnamelled ware: porcelain with yellow and green enamels applied on the biscuit over incised decoration, the interior and base with clear glaze; underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseTerracotta
2nd millennium BCECypriotBuff-colored earthenware with patches of green (copper) running in clear lead glaze
9th century