H. 4.45 x Diam. 12.7 cm (1 3/4 x 5 in.)
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Shufang zhai yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Studio of Fresh Fragrance) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseQingbai-type ware: porcelain or porcellaneous white stoneware with sky-blue glaze over carved and combed decoration. Probably from a kiln in Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseGray earthenware
16th-14th century BCEChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain (possibly biscuit porcelain) with emerald green enamel
19th centuryChineseBiscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome and gold enamels
16th centuryChineseYue ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, combed, applique, and gouged decoration
4th-5th century CEChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
10th-11th centuryChineseEnameled ware: porcelain with incised decoration and with an even coating of overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese