late Tang to Song period, 9th-13th century
H. 2.2 x Diam. 3.2 cm (7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Red Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze and with traces of decoration in overglaze gold leaf
11th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseEarthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseDing-type ware: translucent, off-white porcelaneous stoneware with clear glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseOff-white stoneware with combed and applique decoration and with traces of ash glaze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseWhite jadeite with emerald green markings; the stone of Burmese origin
19th centuryChineseMedium gray stoneware with combed, incised, and applique decoration
1st-2nd century CEChineseCeramic
ChineseCast bronze; with inscriptions on the vessel floor and interior of cover
18th-19th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over combed, molded, and openwork decoration
12th-13th centuryChinese