6.67 x 2.86 cm (2 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Dongkhe ware: off-white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over white slip
18th-19th centuryChineseBlackened gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseProto-porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
8th-7th century BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with pale celadon glaze over molded and applique decoration; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze on the interior and lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splashed clear glaze on the lip and exterior, the glazes slightly degraded
8th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseCast bronze with pale green patina
7th-6th century BCEChineseTransitional blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with incised borders at top and bottom
17th centuryChineseMedium gray earthenware with incised and carved decoration and with traces of cold-painted pigments
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin and purplish brown slip on the lower portion. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChinese