H. 2.86 x Diam. 19.69 cm (1 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Cast bronze; with inscription cast on the vessel floor
13th-11th century BCEChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseLongquan ware: porcelain with celadon glaze over molded and applique decoration. From the kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
14th centuryChineseBronze
ChinesePorcelain with molded and incised elements, decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red, and localized areas articulated with celadon glaze; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Xuande nian zhi" within a circular recess on the base
19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red and green enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark simulating a coin and reading "Chang Ming Fu Gui"
16th-17th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with underglaze decoration painted in dark brown slip on a white-slip ground
ChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the exterior with russet skin, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration
13th-14th centuryChinese