H. 3.81 x Diam. 12.07 cm (1 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Earthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseCast bronze with gilding
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain; porcelain with pale cobalt-blue glaze, the rim finished with an application of iron-brown slip simulating a metal band; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
18th-19th centuryChineseEarthenware with brown lead glaze
1st-3rd century CEChineseExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and combed decoration, the interior coated with a thin layer of underglaze white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue, the background areas embellished later with overglaze red enamel; underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior
8th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with molded decor and appliqué flanges
11th-9th century BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 2 (er) inscribed on base before firing; additional stroke added later to convert mark to numeral 3 (san)
15th centuryChinese