H. 5.87 x Diam. 27.94 cm (2 5/16 x 11 in.)
Lacquer, black and red, with silver
ChineseDing-type ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over molded decoration. Perhaps from kilns at Jiexu, Shanxi province.
12th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze (now much degraded) over a white slip ground on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with molded decoration and underglaze cobalt blue
14th centuryChineseGray earthenware
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with grayish olive celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseBrick red earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseReddish brown stoneware, the interior finished with a crackled white glaze; with four-character seal mark impressed into the base
20th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th centuryChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChinese