3.02 x 12.7 cm (1 3/16 x 5 in.)
Longquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, combed, and carved decoration
15th-17th centuryChineseGray earthenware with incised decor
ChineseCeramic
ChineseBlackened gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseCizhou ware: buff to light-gray stoneware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze, now much degraded.
12th centuryChineseDark green nephrite with black inclusions (so-called spinach-green jade); with spurious mark reading 'Qianlongnian zhi' in seal-script characters
19th centuryChineseBlack earthenware with incised and openwork decoration, the surface burnished before firing. Middle and Lower Yellow River area; Shandong and Jiangsu provinces; possibly from Shandong province.
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in black slip on a white slip ground, all under a turquoise glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseSilver with parcel gilding; with inscription incised on outer rim and base
5th-3rd century BCEChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue and purple glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChinese