3.02 x 12.7 cm (1 3/16 x 5 in.)
Horn
19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the designs reserved against a ground of overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Hongzhi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
15th-16th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over stamped decoration
15th centuryChineseCast bronze; with inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th-10th century BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChinesePorcelain with mold-impressed decoration under pale sky-blue glaze
12th centuryChineseEarthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseGray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChinese