H. 2.86 x Diam. 19.69 cm (1 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Mottled buff and olive-green nephrite, dimly translucent at the edges
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in black slip on a white slip ground, all under a turquoise glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading reading "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi" below the lip
17th-19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches reserved against a cobalt powder blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseCast bronze with patina and encrustations; with inscription cast on the interior
14th-11th century BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 4 (si) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong jingqi xuan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Pavilion of Serene Repose) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseLacquer, black and red, with silver
ChineseStoneware with blue and white glaze
17th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze; recovered in the Philippines
13th-14th centuryChineseRed earthenware
2nd millennium BCEChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChinese