H. 5.08 cm x Diam. 20.32 cm (2 x 8 in.)
Wood
ChineseGray earthenware
4th century BCEChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: fine grained, light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration carved in the thick coating of underglaze white slip
14th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
10th centuryChineseBlackened earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChinese'Qingbai' ware: porcelain with pale blue glaze over appliqué ornaments.
13th-14th centuryChineseCast bronze; with inscription cast on the vessel floor
13th-11th century BCEChineseCold-painted funerary ware: light gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
1st-2nd century CEChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze green enamel, the wave pattern incised; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" inside the hollow stem
16th centuryChinese