8 × 7.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.)
Translucent pale green nephrite with brown veins and slightly calcified, bone-colored patches; gilt bronze rim
2nd-1st 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 centuryChineseCast bronze with malachite and copper inlays
5th century BCEChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "ox blood" type: porcelain with lightly variegated copper red glaze on the interior and very pale celadon glaze on the interior and base; with 19th-early 20th century carved and assembled wood cover with tourmaline knob
18th-19th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze over molded and applique elements
19th-20th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 8 (ba) inscribed on base base before firing
15th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes
8th centuryChineseEarthenware with traces of slip-painted decoration
5th-4th millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with cold-painted pigments
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseSoft-paste porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th-19th centuryChineseStoneware with brown glaze
6th-7th centuryChinese