18th-19th century
H. 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration
12th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
19th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with impressed and applique decoration; with localized areas of light blue on the surface, perhaps slip applied before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with lustrous clear glaze over white slip ground, the glaze enlivened with three emerald-green splashes
10th-11th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseCast bronze with incrustations of green patina; with inscription on both the vessel floor and lid interior
11th century BCEChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, black, and gold enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Ta Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
19th-20th centuryChineseEarthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded and appliqué decoration. From the Yue kilns in the Shaoxing area, northeastern Zhejiang province.
3rd century CEChineseNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
12th centuryChineseImitation Jun ware: porcelain with variegated purple glaze. Perhaps made at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
18th centuryChinese