H. 3.33 x Diam. 12.7 cm (1 5/16 x 5 in.)
Ceramic
ChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, combed, and carved decoration
15th-17th centuryChineseMedium gray stoneware with combed, incised, and applique decoration
1st-2nd century CEChineseEarthenware with impressed decoration
5th millennium BCEChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
18th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark reading "Shendetang zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved
12th centuryChineseBrick-orange earthenware with impressed decoration
5th millennium BCEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
19th-20th centuryChinesePale grayish white nephrite; with mark on the base reading 'Qianlong Yu Zhi' in seal-script characters
18th centuryChinese