33.66 x 6.99 cm (13 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Cast bronze with patina and encrustation
12th-11th century BCEChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze and overglaze decoration
4th century CEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze
10th-11th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled procelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze green and black enamels and with molded mountain and wave pattern; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Tongzhi nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseWhite nephrite
18th centuryChinesePorcelaneous white stoneware with ivory hued glaze
9th centuryChineseWhite ware: white stoneware with clear, pale celadon-type glaze
7th centuryChineseSilver with parcel gilding and with inlaid black stone
4th-3rd century BCEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzhengnian zhi" within a double square on the base
18th centuryChinese