H. 5.87 x Diam. 27.94 cm (2 5/16 x 11 in.)
Black earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseMetal
ChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze and traces of decoration painted in overglaze gold enamel
18th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and decoration painted in overglaze gold enamel
18th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze suffused with buff markings. From the Jizhou kilns, near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
4th-5th century CEChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with crackled grayish green glaze over iron-brown slip
19th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChinese