max.: H. 5 × W. 10.1 × D. 8.5 cm (1 15/16 × 4 × 3 3/8 in.)
Enamelled ware: porcelain with yellow and green enamels applied on the biscuit over incised decoration, the interior and base with clear glaze; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
3rd-4th century CEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration
13th-14th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and with overglaze yellow enamel over the white decoration; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" written on the base against a cobalt-blue ground
16th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseLight gray stoneware with appliqué handles and dark brown glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
6th-7th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
15th-17th centuryChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
3rd-4th century CEChineseNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
11th-12th centuryChinese