32.39 x 8.26 cm (12 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Turned bronze
9th centuryChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "ox blood" type: porcelain with variegated copper red glaze
19th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Cuiyun guan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Lodge of Emerald Clouds) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion of the exterior dressed with black slip. From the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.
12th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseBronze
ChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved
12th centuryChinese