H. 3.81 x Diam. 19.37 cm (1 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
Medium gray earthenware with incised and carved decoration and with traces of cold-painted pigments
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over mold-impressed decoration, the unglazed rim bound with metal. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
12th-13th centuryChineseRose quartz
19th-20th centuryChineseGilt bronze
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in black enamel over an overglaze yellow ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseRusset Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron-oxide. Probably from the kilns at Jianci villiage, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseGray earthenware
2nd millennium BCEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over mold-impressed decoration, the unglazed rim bound with metal. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
12th centuryChinese