6.99 x 2.22 cm (2 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Light gray stoneware with transparent olive green glaze over incised and applique decor
11th-9th century BCEChineseEarthenware
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
19th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled ware: porcelain with an all-over coating of yellow enamel over underglaze incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "peach bloom" type; porcelain with rose-colored, copper-red glaze suffused with green and buff mottles; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
18th-19th centuryChineseProbably Cizhou ware: off-white stoneware with brown-slip splashes on a white-slip ground
12th-13th centuryChineseBronze
ChineseEnameled ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze and overglaze yellow enamel over incised decoration; with incised mark reading "Da Ming Jiajingnian zhi" within a circle on the base
16th centuryChineseLightly burnished gray earthenware with modeled and appliqué decoration. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qing hai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with pale bluish green celadon glaze over a thin white-slip ground
10th-11th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with underglaze decoration painted in dark brown slip on a white-slip ground
ChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown and transparent amber glazes. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChinese