2.25 x 1.13 cm (7/8 x 7/16 in.)
Earthenware with three color (sancai) lead glaze
12th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseReddish brown stoneware; with two-character seal mark impressed on the base
20th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th-20th 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 centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain, "famille noir" type: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
17th-19th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over a thin coating of white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns, Huangpuzhen, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province
10th centuryChineseNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
12th centuryChinese