H. 2.86 x Diam. 9.53 cm (1 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in black slip on a white slip ground, all under a turquoise glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze
11th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
ChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze and traces of overglaze gold enamel decoration
17th-18th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseBlack Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings painted in overglaze iron oxide. From the Huangpu kiln complex, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseGray earthenware with incised decor
ChineseYaozhou ware: medium gray stoneware coated all over with white slip, the decoration carved through the slip to reveal the underlying darker body, the exterior of the jar further covered with celadon glaze, the interior left unglazed; Made at Yaozhou kilns, near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province
10th centuryChineseLacquer, black and red, with silver
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