H. 3.33 x Diam. 12.7 cm (1 5/16 x 5 in.)
Carved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseCeramic
ChinesePale greenish white nephrite
19th-20th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over crackled glaze; the unglazed footring dressed with an iron-brown slip
18th-19th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip bound with tin, the base with an incised number, and the lower portion of the bowl with a brush-written inscription reading "Shang zhai ji". From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseJizhou ware: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th 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 centuryChineseCizhou-type ware: light gray stoneware with medium brown glaze over white slip, the decoration incised into the glaze before firing to reveal the white slip. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
16th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with sky blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn, with incised seal mark reading 'Sheng Fugong zuo' on the base
17th-18th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChinese