6.67 x 2.86 cm (2 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Changsha ware: light gray stoneware with three appliqué molded elements coated with caramel-brown glaze over a thin layer of white slip. From the kilns at Tongchuan, Changsha, Hunan province
9th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; metal fitting on rim
15th centuryChineseEnameled procelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze green and black enamels and with molded mountain and wave pattern; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Tongzhi nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue surrounded by a wide border of overglaze red enamel (probably added at a later date) and exterior decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
16th centuryChineseNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
12th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
15th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseBiscuit porcelain with yellow, green, rose, and black enamels
18th-19th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseMonochrome blue ware: porcelain with cobalt-blue glaze over incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseLacquer
19th centuryChinese