H. 20.96 x Diam. 5.08 cm (8 1/4 x 2 in.)
White stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
7th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze and with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip, the rim dressed with white slip under clear glaze, the base and unglazed lower portion with a brush-written inscription reading "Wei Han Han / Wei / Wei"
12th-13th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed ware, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and with traces of decoration in overglaze gold enamel
ChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseProto-porcelain ware: stoneware with natural ash glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseCast bronze with pale green patina
7th-6th century BCEChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with translucent celadon glaze over mold-impressed decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
14th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseProto-porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
9th-8th century BCEChineseLight gray stoneware with molded decor and appliqué flanges
11th-9th century BCEChineseCast bronze
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