H. 2.86 x Diam. 9.53 cm (1 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Bronze
ChineseOff-white stoneware with clear glaze
9th centuryChineseGreenish yellow nephrite with localized brown markings
18th-19th centuryChineseWood
ChineseMottled dark green nephrite (so-called spinach-green jade)
19th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseNorthern Yue-type ware: light gray stoneware with olive-hued celadon glaze over relief and appliqué decoration, the glaze streaked with blue
6th-7th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome and gold enamels and with carved elements around the rim; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the saggar fragments made of coarse reddish buff firing clay. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseCast bronze; with dedicatory inscription cast on vessel floor
11th-10th century BCEChineseCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: ivory white stoneware with olive brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing
14th centuryChinese