7.62 x 25.4 cm (3 x 10 in.)
Simulated jiaotai ware; light gray stoneware with pale yellow glaze over appliqué thin layers of brown and white clays laminated to simulate marbling
11th-13th centuryChinesePorcelain with intermingled copper red and cobalt blue glazes
19th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze over carved ribs and appliqué handles
11th centuryChinesePorcelain with carved decoration and overglaze pale green enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark (probably spurious) reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
18th-19th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseGray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
2nd-1st century BCEChineseEarthenware with applique and impressed decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseGray stoneware
2nd-1st century BCEChineseRhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseEarthenware with three color (sancai) lead glaze
12th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) 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 centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over mold-impressed decoration, the unglazed rim bound with metal. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
12th centuryChinese