Wine cup in green faience in the form of a six-lobed calyx of a lotus flower with a foot flaring from a cylindrical stem: Ancient Egyptian, New Kingdom

Wine cup of porcelain, with a pavilion and two cranes in blue underglaze, and a chipped rim, in imitation of 16th Chinese ware: probably Japan, Kyoto, 18th century

Wine cup of black lacquer on metal, with a shell inlay of floral sprays on the exterior: China, Qing Dynasty, 18th century AD

Wine cup of cream earthenware with partial splashed glazing, with handle: China, Tang Dynasty, 618 - 907 AD

Wine cup of earthenware with a dark blue glaze: China, Tang Dynasty, 618 - 907 AD

Porcelain wine cup, or papei, with pomegranates in underglaze red copper, five-clawed dragons in sgraffito and a Wanli reign mark: Chinese, Ming Dynasty, Wanli reign, 1573 - 1619 AD

Fluted, chrysanthemum-shaped wine cup and stand of stoneware, decorated with inlaid designs (sanggam) of chrysanthemums and lotus petals in white and brown slip under a celadon glaze: Korea, Goryeo Dynasty, early 13th century

Wine cup of stoneware, form derived from a saddle cup, with a celadon glaze and underglaze inlay (sanggam) decoration of chrysanthemum medallions, and three spur marks on the base: Korea, Goryeo Dynasty, 13th or 14th century

Silver-gilt wine cup with baluster stem, the bowl with strapwork forming ovals, circles and squares with scrollwork on a frosted ground between: English, London, marked F, 1598 - 1599