max.: H. 4 × W. 8 × D. 6.3 cm (1 9/16 × 3 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
Cast bronze; with inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th-10th century BCEChinesePale grayish white nephrite; with mark on the base reading 'Qianlong Yu Zhi' in seal-script characters
18th centuryChinesePorcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration
19th centuryChineseRhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseWood
ChineseWhite earthenware with leadfluxed, cobaltsplashed glaze
8th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze; recovered in the Philippines
13th-14th centuryChineseEarthenware with applique and impressed decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
15th centuryChineseGray earthenware
16th-14th century BCEChinese