5.08 x 21.59 cm (2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Gray earthenware with cold painted pigments
2nd-1st century BCEChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the unglazed rim originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns in Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseTurned bronze
9th centuryChineseGrayish brown agate with dark brown mottles
19th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with three molded appliqué decorative elements, the ewer coated with olive-toned celadon glaze over a thin coat of white slip, the appliqué elements further splashed with caramel glaze. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseEarthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
2nd millennium BCEChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze coral-red enamel; with overglaze red enamel mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseBronze with openwork decoration and with inlays of turquoise and malachite. Reportedly unearthed in 1911 in the vicinity of Xi'an, Shaanxi province
5th-4th century BCEChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple glaze; with Chinese numeral 2 (er) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseStoneware with blue and white glaze
17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over a crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChinese