H. 2.86 x Diam. 19.69 cm (1 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Carved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 8 (ba) inscribed on base base before firing
15th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with ogival panels decorated with overglaze polychrome enamels, the panels reserved against an underglaze cobalt powder blue ground emblazoned with designs painted in overglaze gold enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseCast bronze with gold and turquoise inlay
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown and transparent amber glazes. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseCold-painted funerary ware: molded light gray earthenware with cold-painted red pigment
1st-3rd century CEChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "ox blood" type: porcelain with variegated copper red glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseCast bronze; Zhengzhou phase, Erligang type
16th-15th century BCEChineseEnameled biscuit porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChinese