8th century BCE
16.3 x 6.7 cm (6 7/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Terracotta with glossy black paint
4th century BCESouth ItalianLeaded brass
2nd-4th century CERomanTerracotta
2nd century CERomanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
15th centuryChineseGilt copper-alloy electrotype
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanSilver
DutchMonochrome ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze over incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading 'Da Ming Jiajingnian zhi' within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseMisfired Jian ware: dark brown stoneware with misfired glaze turned olive
12th-13th centuryChineseArita ware, early Kakiemon style: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
17th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanGlass
19th centuryEuropean