max.: H. 5 × W. 10.1 × D. 8.5 cm (1 15/16 × 4 × 3 3/8 in.)
White stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal
17th-18th centuryChineseUnderfired Black Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with brownish green, tea-dust-like glaze. Probably from the kilns at Jianci village, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseBronze
ChineseCeramic
ChineseCast bronze with pale green patina
7th-6th century BCEChineseCast bronze; with integrally cast inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th century BCEChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled ware, 'fencai' type: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading 'Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi' in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseCast bronze; with inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th-10th century BCEChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over molded and carved decoration
12th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChinese