H. 3.49 x Diam. 11.43 cm (1 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Yue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
3rd century CEChineseSilver with incised decoration
14th centuryChineseBrown-glazed ware of Yue type: light gray stoneware with mottled medium brown glaze. Probably from the Deqing or Yuhang kilns, Zhejiang province.
4th-5th century CEChineseEarthenware with traces of slip-painted decoration
5th millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseBlue-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 carved decoration
6th-7th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
12th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and with overglaze yellow enamel over the white decoration; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" written on the base against a cobalt-blue ground
16th centuryChinese