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 blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and overglaze yellow enamel over the reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" reserved against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground within a double circle, the mark and double-circle picked out in yellow enamel
16th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseGray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
2nd century BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChinesePainted lacquer ware: black and reddish orange lacquers over wooden core. Reportedly from Changsha, Hunan province.
3rd century BCEChinesePorphyry; six-character mark in seal script on the base reading 'Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi'
18th centuryChineseDing-type ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze; with brush-written inscription on base
12th-13th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChinesePorcelain with molded and incised elements, decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red, and localized areas articulated with celadon glaze; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Xuande nian zhi" within a circular recess on the base
19th centuryChinese