6.35 x 18.42 cm (2 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)
White ware: white stoneware with clear, pale celadon-type glaze
7th centuryChineseGray stoneware with blackened surface
5th-4th century BCEChineseJizhou-type ware, probably Tushan ware: light gray stoneware with variegated dark brown and transparent amber glazes over white slip ground. Probably from the kilns at Tushan, Sichuan province
12th-14th centuryChineseEarthenware with incised and cord marked decor
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration, the exterior with carved vertical lines suggesting petals. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against an overglaze red enamel ground, the reserved elements embellished with green and black enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseBuff earthenware with decoration painted in black and burgundy slips. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
3rd millennium BCEChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th centuryChineseNumbered 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 centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseOff-white stoneware with combed and gouged decoration with traces of ash glaze
3rd century BCEChinese