1600-1300 BCE
H. 13.7 x Diam. 16.5 cm (5 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseTranslucent greenish white and brown nephrite
14th-17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with ogival panels decorated with overglaze polychrome enamels, the panels reserved against an underglaze cobalt powder blue ground emblazoned with designs painted in overglaze gold enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseLiao sancai ("three-color") ware: pinkish buff earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green and amber-yellow glazes over incised decoration
10th-11th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised, carved, and combed decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with cloudy celadon glaze over appliqué decorative elements. From the Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province.
13th-14th centuryChineseGray earthenware
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseGrayish green nephrite; carved wood
19th-20th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with sky-blue glaze over mold-impressed decoration; the unglazed rims originally bound with metal. Probably from the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseBlackened gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 4 (si) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong jingqi xuan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Pavilion of Serene Repose) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChinese