H. 5.72 x Diam. 16.51 cm (2 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Cast bronze
13th-12th century BCEChineseEnameled ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against an overglaze red enamel ground, the reserved elements embellished with green and black enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated dark purple and blue glaze with metal fitting at the mouth; originally a 'zhadou'-shaped flower pot with the Chinese numeral 10 (shi) impressed into the base before firing
15th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green.
6th-7th centuryChineseCeramic
ChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChinese"Soft Jun" ware: light gray stoneware with thick, crackled robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-14th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches and plum branches reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
8th centuryChinese