32.39 x 8.26 cm (12 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Earthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th millennium BCEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChinesePorcelain with incised decoration under a pale light blue glaze with incised mark reading "Yongle nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseEarthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with traces of slip-painted decoration
5th millennium BCEChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th centuryChineseCast bronze with dark green, speckled patina; with a 12-character dedication inscribed on both the vessel floor and lid interior
9th century BCEChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale bluish glaze, the unglazed rim originally bound with metal
12th-13th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseJizhou-type ware, probably Tushan ware: light gray stoneware with variegated brown and amber glazes over a white slip ground, the lower portion of the bottle coated with dark russet slip. Probably from the kilns at Tushan, Sichuan province.
12th-14th centuryChinese