18th-19th century
H. 20.8 cm (8 3/16 in.)
Black earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseExport blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved cinnabar lacquer over a wooden core; with incised inscription reading "Ta
16th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseGreenish yellow nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the unglazed rim bound with brass. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChinesePorcelain with incised and carved elements, decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red, and celadon glaze in localized areas
19th centuryChineseEarthenware with impressed decoration
3rd millennium BCEChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, yellow, aubergine, and black enamels; with spurious overglaze enamel mark reading "Chenghua nian zhi" within a double square on the base
19th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChinese