H. 13 × Diam. 5.1 cm (5 1/8 × 2 in.)
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th centuryChineseRed earthenware with painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
12th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th centuryChineseTransitional blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
17th centuryChineseCast bronze
ChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
4th-5th century CEChineseCeladon ware and silver
6th centuryChineseOff-white stoneware with emerald-green enamel over white slip
18th-19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware glazed in hues of greenish tea-dust with blue undertones, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-brown slip
12th-13th centuryChinese