6.35 x 18.42 cm (2 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)
Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with an overglaze red enamel Tibetan (?) mark within a double square on the base
19th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over crackled glaze
19th centuryChineseReddish buff earthenware with appliqué handles and cord-impressed decoration. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 4 (si) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze (now much degraded) over a white slip ground on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChineseEarthenware with traces of slip-painted decoration
5th-4th millennium BCEChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over molded decoration
12th-13th centuryChinese