H. 2.86 x Diam. 19.69 cm (1 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Earthenware with incised decoration
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseCast bronze with greenish patina; with dedicatory inscription by Servitor Chen inscribed on both the vessel floor and lid interior
11th-10th century BCEChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseCloudy, grayish white nephrite
16th-17th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in black slip on a white slip ground, all under a turquoise glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the design reserved in red enamel against the yellow ground, the details articulated in black enamel on the reserved designs; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base.
16th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Shufang zhai yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Studio of Fresh Fragrance) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseCeramic
ChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with grayish olive celadon glaze over applique decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
19th centuryChinese