max.: H. 5 × W. 10.1 × D. 8.5 cm (1 15/16 × 4 × 3 3/8 in.)
Proto Porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze Proto Porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
5th-4th century BCEChineseJade carved in Mughal style; grayish green jadeite with emerald green markings; the stone of Burmese origin
18th-19th 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 centuryChineseLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with degraded lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over a crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseGray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
2nd century BCEChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseRusset Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kiln complex, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with translucent celadon glaze over mold-impressed decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
14th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground. Probably from the Guantai kilns, near Handan, Hebei province.
12th centuryChinese