stand max.: H. 6.1 × W. 12.3 × D. 11.5 cm (2 3/8 × 4 13/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the base with an incised inscription reading 'Gongyu'. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province, probably from those at Luhuaping or Chidun.
12th-13th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina
6th-5th century BCEChineseCast bronze; with integrally cast inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th-10th century BCEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseSilver with parcel gilding and with inlaid black stone
4th-3rd century BCEChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseEarthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseWood
ChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseCast bronze
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