5.08 x 33.02 cm (2 x 13 in.)
Marbled earthenware with amber colored lead glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseCast bronze; Zhengzhou phase, Erligang type
16th-15th century BCEChineseCeramic
ChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide. Probably from the kilns at Zibo, Shandong province.
12th-13th centuryChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChinesePorcelain with blue and white glaze
19th centuryChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina
6th-5th century BCEChineseSancai ("three color") ware: pinkish white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splahed clear glaze on the interior and lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior, the (slightly degraded) glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the rim with clear glaze over white slip
11th-12th centuryChinese