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.)
Hammered silver
12th-13th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with degraded lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze; the cover with molded decoration
1st-2nd century CEChineseCast bronze with heavy incrustations of green and russet patina
14th-11th century BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
15th centuryChineseCast bronze
2nd-1st century BCEChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns in Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze yellow, green, and black enamels on the upper portion and the lower portion with an underglaze cobalt powder blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on base
17th-18th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Sui'an shi yong"(Palace of Double Glory, used in the Room of Ease and Contentment) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 8 (ba) inscribed on base base before firing
15th centuryChinese