H. 7.62 x Diam. 20.32 cm (3 x 8 in.)
Porcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseMonochrome ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within the hollow stem
16th centuryChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina; with a five-character dedicatory inscription cast on vessel floor
10th-8th century BCEChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with dark green enamel over crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseBlack-surfaced cast bronze; with dedicatory inscription by Qing cast on vessel floor
11th-10th century BCEChineseUnderfired Black Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with brownish green, tea-dust-like glaze. Probably from the kilns at Jianci village, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseGray earthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseMonochrome glazed stoneware, "guan" type: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
18th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
10th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseEarthenware with green splashed lead glaze
8th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChinese