5.08 x 21.59 cm (2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseYellow nephrite with brown markings
18th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzhengnian zhi" within a double square on the base
18th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
10th-11th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain, possible "kinrande" type: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, and yellow enamels, and traces of gold enamel
16th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseEarthenware with incised decoration
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseDark green nephrite with black inclusions (so-called spinach-green jade); with spurious mark reading 'Qianlongnian zhi' in seal-script characters
19th centuryChineseGrayish buff earthenware
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese