6.99 x 1.91 cm (2 3/4 x 3/4 in.)
Gray earthenware
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseRose quartz
19th-20th centuryChineseGreen jadeite, the vessel with inclusions of white albite
18th-19th centuryChineseCast bronze; with an inscription cast behind the animal's neck
14th-11th century BCEChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseEarthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-2nd century CEChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in black slip on a white slip ground, all under a turquoise glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseEnamel
ChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with translucent celadon glaze over mold-impressed decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
14th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseJizhou or Jizhou-type ware: white stoneware with clear glaze, the decoration incised and carved through the glaze before firing. Probably from the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province; possibly from the Linchuan kilns at Linchuan, Jiangxi province
13th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration, the exterior with carved vertical lines suggesting petals. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChinese