5.72 x 12.07 cm (2 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Pale grayish white nephrite; with mark on the base reading 'Qianlong Yu Zhi' in seal-script characters
18th centuryChineseGray stoneware
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCast bronze with gray patina; with inscription cast on both the vessel floor and lid interior
12th century BCEChineseSoft-paste porcelain with colorless glaze over incised decoration
19th centuryChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseProbably Cizhou ware: off-white stoneware with brown-slip splashes on a white-slip ground
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseCeramic
ChinesePorcelain with white glaze and red and green overglaze enamels
14th-15th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome and gold enamels and applique molded handle mounts and knob; with bronze bail handles
19th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseGray earthenware with cold painted pigments
2nd-1st century BCEChinese