5.72 x 12.07 cm (2 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Ceramic
ChineseBronze with glass
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseSancai ("three color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splashed clear glaze
8th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and overglaze yellow enamel over the reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" reserved against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground within a double circle, the mark and double-circle picked out in yellow enamel
16th centuryChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
3rd-4th century CEChineseCeramic
ChineseProto porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseDing-type ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze; with brush-written inscription on base
12th-13th centuryChineseGray earthenware
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseQingbai-type ware: porcelain or porcellaneous white stoneware with sky-blue glaze over carved and combed decoration. Probably from a kiln in Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded, carved, and incised decoration
10th-11th centuryChinese