1600-1300 BCE
H. 13.7 x Diam. 16.5 cm (5 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Earthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over carved and incised decoration
12th centuryChineseTransparent amber glass over lead core, the lead possibly covered with gold foil
ChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over decoration trailed in white slip
11th-12th centuryChineseCast bronze with patina and encrustations; with inscription cast on the interior
14th-11th century BCEChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseBlackened gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze suffused with buff markings and bluish white streaks. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Ziqiang buxi yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Room of Unceasing Self-Improvement) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseEnameled ware, 'fencai' type: porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze polychrome enamels and gold
18th-19th centuryChinese