H. 3.81 x Diam. 12.07 cm (1 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet decoration painted in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseYue-type ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over applique lug handles; the damaged rim banded in metal; painted decoration added in modern times. From northern China -- place of manufacture uncertain.
6th centuryChineseGrayish white jadeite with emerald green markings
18th-19th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: molded, light gray stoneware with cloudy celadon glaze and with appliqué legs. From the Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseTranslucent greenish white and brown nephrite
14th-17th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide. Probably from the kilns at Zibo, Shandong province.
12th-13th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th centuryChineseBuff earthenware with decoration painted in black and burgundy slips. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
3rd millennium BCEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChinese