max.: H. 3.1 × W. 9.4 × D. 6.1 cm (1 1/4 × 3 11/16 × 2 3/8 in.) vessel and stand, max.: H. 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.)
Enameled porcelain: porcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the design reserved in red enamel against the yellow ground, the details articulated in black enamel on the reserved designs; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base.
16th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th-13th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseCast bronze with a cast inscription on vessel floor
10th-13th centuryChineseLiao sancai ("three-color") ware: molded grayish white earthenware with lead-fluxed amber-yellow and emerald-green glazes
11th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseStoneware with lead fluxed glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseBlackened earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChinese