H. 5.72 x Diam. 15.24 cm (2 1/4 x 6 in.)
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseStoneware with turquoise-colored glaze; with molded inscription on the shoulder reading "Nei Fu Gong Yong"
ChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseStoneware with grayish green glaze
14th-15th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamel designs and yellow enamel ground added at a later date; with spurious overglaze black enamel mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base, the mark and double circle also covered in yellow enamel
16th-17th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseGrayish brown agate with brown mottles; tourmaline cover with attached ivory spoon
19th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with incised and carved decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
16th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale blue glaze embellished with iron-brown splashes
13th-14th centuryChineseEarthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseBronze
ChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChinese