16th-17th century
H. 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Tang/Five Dynasties white ware, possibly Xing ware: porcelain with clear glaze, the barbed rim knife-cut. Possibly from the Xing kilns, Hebei province.
9th-10th centuryChineseGray earthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base of vessel
17th-18th centuryChineseEarthenware with impressed decoration
5th millennium BCEChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th-17th centuryChinesePale grayish white nephrite
19th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
7th-8th centuryChineseTang white ware: white stoneware with applique handles and pale celadon glaze
7th centuryChineseBuff earthenware with decoration painted in burgundy and black slips. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu or Qinghai province.
3rd millennium BCEChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration
12th centuryChinese