6.99 x 2.22 cm (2 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome and gold enamels and applique molded handle mounts and knob; with bronze bail handles
19th centuryChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina; inscribed with a three-character dedication
12th-11th century BCEChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the saggar made of coarse reddish buff firing clay. Probably from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseCeramic
ChinesePorcelain with blue and white glaze
17th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with olive-green ash glaze over applique lug handles
8th-9th centuryChineseWood
ChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with applique handles and decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt blue ground, the reserved designs embellished with overglaze polychrome enamels; with an underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseWood
ChineseAgate with brown and gray mottles; silver cover
19th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and incised decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChinese