H. 17.15 x Diam. 7.62 cm (6 3/4 x 3 in.)
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
19th-20th centuryChineseGray earthenware
16th-14th century BCEChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over molded and carved decoration
12th centuryChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseStoneware with blue-and-white glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseRed earthenware with painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLongquan celadon ware: molded light gray stoneware with grayish olive celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes
8th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion of the exterior dressed with black slip. From the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.
12th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChinese