H. 5.08 cm x Diam. 20.32 cm (2 x 8 in.)
Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseCast bronze
14th-11th century BCEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over a crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed stoneware, "guan" type: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
18th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with crackled green glaze
18th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and incised decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th-19th centuryChineseEnamel
ChineseCast bronze with pale green patina
7th-6th century BCEChinese