stand max.: H. 6.1 × W. 12.3 × D. 11.5 cm (2 3/8 × 4 13/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
Gray stoneware with incised and impressed decoration
3rd-1st century BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; the rim darked with underglaze iron-brown slip; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over a thin coating of white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns, Huangpuzhen, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province
10th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseYue-type ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over applique lug handles; the damaged rim banded in metal; painted decoration added in modern times. From northern China -- place of manufacture uncertain.
6th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue and purple glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseEarthenware Earthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseTurned bronze
9th centuryChineseCarved wood, the knob made of semi-precious stone
19th-20th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseMonochrome glazed ware, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and with traces of decoration in overglaze gold enamel
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