32.39 x 8.26 cm (12 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Yue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
3rd-4th century CEChineseMonochrome glazed ware, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and with traces of decoration in overglaze gold enamel
ChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoraiton painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Longqing nian zao" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseEarthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseEnameled ware, 'fencai' type: porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze polychrome enamels and gold
18th-19th centuryChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with stamped decoration
7th-6th century BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; metal fitting on rim
15th centuryChineseCast bronze
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