6.99 x 2.22 cm (2 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseGray stoneware with impressed decoration
5th century BCEChineseJizhou-type ware, probably Tushan ware: light gray stoneware with variegated brown and amber glazes over a white slip ground, the lower portion of the bottle coated with dark russet slip. Probably from the kilns at Tushan, Sichuan province.
12th-14th centuryChineseLacquer, black and red, with silver
ChineseEarthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseBronze
ChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
13th-14th centuryChineseNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale bluish glaze, the unglazed rim originally bound with metal
12th-13th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with blackened surfaces, the decoration polished into the matte surface before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChinese