5.72 x 12.07 cm (2 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration, the interior with vertical ribs trailed in white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
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10th-11th centuryChineseGray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseCeramic
ChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with appliqué handles and with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion and the interior dressed with medium brown glaze
12th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseEarthenware with cold-painted pigments
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseCast bronze; Zhengzhou phase, Erligang type
16th-15th century BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChinese