H. 5.87 x Diam. 27.94 cm (2 5/16 x 11 in.)
Light gray stoneware with impressed and applique decoration; with localized areas of light blue on the surface, perhaps slip applied before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over a crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseProto Porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze Proto Porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
5th-4th century BCEChineseEarthenware with impressed decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with off-white glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th-13th centuryChineseGuan- or Ge-type ware: light gray stoneware with crackled, grayish blue glaze
14th-17th centuryChineseWhite earthenware with leadfluxed, cobaltsplashed glaze
8th centuryChineseCarved cinnabar lacquer over a wooden core; with incised inscription reading "Ta
15th centuryChineseEarthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with impressed and applique decoration; with localized areas of light blue on the surface, perhaps slip applied before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChinese