3rd-2nd century BCE
32.2 cm (12 11/16 in.)
Fritware painted with white slip, blue (cobalt), and black (chromium) under clear alkali glaze
14th centuryPersianMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th centuryChineseBronze
1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CEGraeco-RomanMetal and nautilus shell
20th centuryGermanCast bronze with incrustations of green patina; with inscription on both the vessel floor and lid interior
11th century BCEChineseYaozhou ware: medium gray stoneware coated all over with white slip, the decoration carved through the slip to reveal the underlying darker body, the exterior of the jar further covered with celadon glaze, the interior left unglazed; Made at Yaozhou kilns, near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province
10th centuryChineseTerracotta
RomanTerracotta with glossy black paint
4th century BCEGreekCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze brown slip over a white slip ground
16th-17th centuryChineseGilt silver
17th centuryDutchFaience
6th century BCEGreekEarthenware
10th-13th centuryPersian