6.99 x 2.22 cm (2 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with cloudy celadon glaze, an unglazed, molded decorative element appliquéd at the center of the floor. From the Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province.
13th-14th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark reading "Yu" on the base
19th centuryChineseGray stoneware
5th-3rd century BCEChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in black slip on a white slip ground, all under a turquoise glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseCast bronze; with integrally cast inscription inside the footring
13th-12th century BCEChineseGray earthenware
11th-10th century BCEChineseCast bronze; with inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th-10th century BCEChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChinese