8 × 7.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.)
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChinesePale grayish white nephrite; with mark on the base reading 'Qianlong Yu Zhi' in seal-script characters
18th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseLacquer, black and red, with silver
ChineseGray earthenware
13th-11th century BCEChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseDark green nephrite with black inclusions (so-called spinach-green jade); with spurious mark reading 'Qianlongnian zhi' in seal-script characters
19th centuryChineseProbably Cizhou ware: off-white stoneware with brown-slip splashes on a white-slip ground
12th-13th centuryChineseCast bronze with dark green, speckled patina; with a 12-character dedication inscribed on both the vessel floor and lid interior
9th century BCEChinesePorcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with gold enamel painted on a red enamel ground added to the exterior at a later date; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi" within a single circle on the base.
16th-17th centuryChineseWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in black slip on a white slip ground, all under a turquoise glaze
14th-15th centuryChinese