max.: H. 4 × W. 8 × D. 6.3 cm (1 9/16 × 3 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
Celadon ware: light gray stoneware over carved and incised decoration
6th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseCeramic
ChinesePorcelain with blue and white 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 centuryChineseOlive and grayish-green translucent nephrite with deep brown and dark green patches and with altered areas
3rd-1st century BCEChineseStoneware with dark brown glaze
9th-10th centuryChineseCast bronze with decoration inlaid in silver wire; with spurious inlaid silver mark reading "Shi Sou" on the base
17th-18th centuryChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseCast bronze; with integrally cast four-character inscription reading "Zuo Fu Xin _?_" on the interior of the lip
11th-10th century BCEChinese