3rd century BCE
h. 5.7 cm x diam. 12.5 cm (2 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.)
Suleiminiyeh Rabi collection, Iran. Jonthan Kagan, New York, NY, (by 1995), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.
Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown and transparent amber glazes. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th centuryChineseTerracotta
1st millennium BCENear EasternTerracotta
GreekLead-glazed funerary ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze
7th centuryChineseCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing
14th-15th centuryChineseSilver
16th centuryBritishTerracotta, gray ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianLeaded bronze, silver inlay eyes
1st century BCERomanChrome-plated steel and ebony
20th centuryGermanStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChinese