6.99 x 2.22 cm (2 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Yue ware: light gray stoneware with incised, molded, and appliqué decoration under celadon glaze. From the Yue kilns in the Shaoxing area, northeastern Zhejiang province.
3rd-4th century CEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; the rim darked with underglaze iron-brown slip; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with appliqué handle and spout and with medium brown glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
8th-9th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze with areas of purple; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseMedium gray earthenware with incised and carved decoration and with traces of cold-painted pigments
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseGuan- or Ge-type ware: light gray stoneware with crackled, grayish blue glaze
14th-17th 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 centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn with inlays of turquoise
16th centuryChineseEarthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
16th centuryChineseStoneware with blue-and-white glaze
14th-15th centuryChinese