5.72 x 12.07 cm (2 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Cast bronze with gray-green patina
6th-5th century BCEChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseCast bronze with greenish patina; with dedicatory inscription by Servitor Chen inscribed on both the vessel floor and lid interior
11th-10th century BCEChineseWood
ChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded, carved, and incised decoration
10th-11th centuryChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Shufang zhai yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Studio of Fresh Fragrance) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseCast bronze
5th-3rd century BCEChinesePorcelain with blue and white glaze
19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with mottled copper-pink glaze
19th centuryChineseLacquer, black and red, with silver
ChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration carved in the thick coating of underglaze white slip
14th centuryChinese