H. 20.96 x Diam. 5.08 cm (8 1/4 x 2 in.)
Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
9th-10th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseLead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with degraded lead-fluxed emerald green glaze
1st-3rd century CEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with cord-marked decor
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseCast bronze with patina and encrustation
12th-11th century BCEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: ivory white stoneware with olive brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing
14th centuryChineseGray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground
7th-8th centuryChineseBurnished black stoneware
8th-9th centuryChineseEarthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseCast bronze
11th-10th century BCEChinese