4.76 x 1.27 cm (1 7/8 x 1/2 in.)
Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze, the unglazed areas with rust-brown skin. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with sky-blue glaze over mold-impressed decoration; the unglazed rims originally bound with metal. Probably from the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
19th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown and transparent amber glazes. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseStoneware with brown glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
ChineseTurned bronze
7th-9th centuryChineseRed earthenware with stamped decoration
7th-9th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the design reserved in red enamel against the yellow ground, the details articulated in black enamel on the reserved designs; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base.
16th centuryChinese