18th-19th century
H. 20.8 cm (8 3/16 in.)
Splashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
6th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue, the background areas embellished later with overglaze red enamel; underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseTang white ware: white stoneware with applique handles and pale celadon glaze
7th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseGray stoneware
5th-3rd century BCEChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseBurnished gray earthenware
2nd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseReddish brown stoneware, the interior finished with a crackled white glaze; with four-character seal mark impressed into the base
20th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over applique decoration
12th-13th centuryChinese