stand max.: H. 6.1 × W. 12.3 × D. 11.5 cm (2 3/8 × 4 13/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
Enameled porcelain: biscuit porcelain with incised decoration, the principle design elements covered with yellow enamel, the additional designs with aubergine enamel; with spurious(?) underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseCizhou-type ware: light gray stoneware with medium brown glaze over white slip, the decoration incised into the glaze before firing to reveal the white slip. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
16th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with crackled yellow glaze on the exterior and emerald green enamel on the interior
19th centuryChineseCast bronze; with integrally cast inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th century BCEChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "ox blood" type: porcelain with variegated copper red glaze
19th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-white glaze (the glaze possibly over white slip)
8th-9th centuryChineseGray stoneware
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseGray earthenware
11th-10th century BCEChinese