16th-17th century
H. 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Enameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseBlackened gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseOriginally a pale greenish-white nephrite changed to a creamy-buff because of burning (so-called chicken-bone jade); the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
16th-17th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight gray stoneware with medium brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th centuryChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
10th centuryChineseEarthenware with cold-painted decoration
8th centuryChineseCast bronze
11th-10th century BCEChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChinese'Qingbai' ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over incised decoration, with appliqué handle and spout. Probably from kilns in Fujian province.
11th-12th centuryChinese