H. 7.62 x Diam. 20.32 cm (3 x 8 in.)
Greenish yellow nephrite with localized brown markings
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with overglaze red enamel mark reading "Da Qing Daoguang nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
19th centuryChineseGray earthenware
4th century BCEChineseEarthenware with applique decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze suffused with buff markings and bluish white streaks. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseCast bronze; with integrally cast four-character inscription reading "Zuo Fu Xin _?_" on the interior of the lip
11th-10th century BCEChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with cloudy celadon glaze over appliqué decorative elements. From the Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province.
13th-14th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChinese