6.35 x 18.42 cm (2 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)
Enameled porcelain, "famille noir" type: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
17th-19th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 5 (wu) inscribed inside the footring before firing and incised on the base after firing
15th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
13th-14th centuryChineseEnameled red-and-white ware, "youli hong" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze copper red and overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" within the hollow stem
18th centuryChineseGray stoneware with impressed decoration
5th-3rd century BCEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from a kiln at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
15th centuryChineseBronze
ChineseBiscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, turquoise, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
13th-14th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseCeramic
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