Russet Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with mottled russet-surfaced, dark brown glaze. Probably from the kilns at Jianci village, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.

11th centuryChinese

Vessels

One of a pair of porphyry vases with ormoulu mounts

Unidentified Artist, 18th century

Porphyry with gold ormoulu mounts

18th centuryFrench

Vessels

Small, Circular Bowl with Everted Lip and Stylized Floral Decor, the Interior with Six Vertical Ribs

Unknown Artist, 11th-early 12th century

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration, the interior with vertical ribs trailed in white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

11th-12th centuryChinese

Vessels

Cord-Marked 'Li' Tripod Food Vessel

Unknown Artist, 10th cent. BCE - 8th cent. BCE

Gray earthenware with cord-impressed decoration

10th-8th century BCEChinese

Vessels

Flat-Rimmed Bowl with Radial Design

Unknown Artist, 14th century

Fritware painted with blue (cobalt), turquoise (copper), and black (chromium) under clear alkali glaze

14th century

Vessels

Gilded ewer and basin with engraved floral decoration

Unknown Artist, 1813-1814

Copper

19th centuryOttoman

Vessels

Circular Dish with Decoration of Phoenixes in Flight on the Interior and Eight Roundels, Each with an Auspicious Emblem, on the Exterior (one from a set)

Unknown Artist, Jiajing period, 1522-1566

Enameled ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against an overglaze red enamel ground, the reserved elements embellished with green and black enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base

16th centuryChinese