H. 34.29 x Diam. 21.59 cm (13 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Lacquer
ChinesePale greenish white nephrite; the inscription picked out in gold
19th centuryChineseSilver with parcel gilding
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChineseRed lacquer
ChineseLacquer, red and black
ChineseHuangpu ware: light gray stoneware covered all over with white slip, the decoration painted in localized areas of discontinuous dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kilns, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province
9th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
8th centuryChineseStoneware with brown glaze
9th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite with white inclusions
18th-19th centuryChinese