Cast bronze with greenish patina; inscription is probably modern
9th-8th century BCEChineseGray earthenware
9th-7th century BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from a kiln at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
15th centuryChineseLiao sancai ("three-color") ware: pinkish buff earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green and amber-yellow glazes over incised decoration
10th-11th centuryChineseBlack earthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseAgate with brown and gray mottles; silver cover
19th centuryChineseSilver with parcel gilding and with inlaid black stone
4th-3rd century BCEChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel
19th centuryChineseGrayish buff earthenware
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised, carved, and combed decoration
12th-13th centuryChinese