max.: H. 3.3 × W. 14.7 × D. 6 cm (1 5/16 × 5 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Porcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the designs reserved in yellow against a red enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi"
16th centuryChineseCast bronze with dark green, speckled patina; with a 12-character dedication inscribed on both the vessel floor and lid interior
9th century BCEChinesePainted lacquerware: brown and reddish orange lacquer over wooden core
3rd-1st century BCEChineseGrayish brown agate with dark brown mottles
19th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBronze
ChineseQingbai-type ware: off-white or gray stoneware with pale sky-blue glaze over applique decoration.
13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChinesePainted Jizhou ware: off-white stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip under a clear glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseGray earthenware
4th century BCEChineseEarthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChinese