H. 3.81 x Diam. 12.07 cm (1 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Stoneware with blue and white glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseGrayish brown agate with brown mottles
19th centuryChineseTang white ware: white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze pink enamel; the base with overglaze red mark reading "Da Qing Tongzhi nian zhi" within a double square on the base
19th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware covered all over with white slip, the floral decoration incised and the patterned background stamped into the white slip ground, all under a clear glaze
10th-11th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
ChineseGray earthenware with cord-impressed decoration
ChineseEarthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChinesePorcelain with blue and white glaze
17th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded, carved, and incised decoration
10th-11th centuryChineseCast bronze; with integrally cast inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th-10th century BCEChinese