Ceramic
ChineseWhite earthenware with leadfluxed, cobaltsplashed glaze
8th centuryChineseEarthenware
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseBuff earthenware with appliqué handles and tabs, with decoration painted in black slip, and with traces of natural ash glaze
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseEarthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th-17th centuryChineseBlack-surfaced cast bronze; with integrally cast dedicatory inscriptions by Qing inscribed on the vessel floor and interior of lid
11th-10th century BCEChineseEarthenware with cold painted pigmentEarthenware with cold painted pigment
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome and gold enamels
16th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue and purple glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) incised on base; "Jianfu gong Jingsheng zhai louxia yong" (Palace of Established Happiness, used in the Studio of Esteemed Excellence, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date; metal repairs
15th centuryChinesePainted Jizhou ware: very light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip. From the Jizhou kilns, near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChinese