late Tang to Song period, 9th-13th century
H. 2.2 x Diam. 3.2 cm (7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseProto porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
5th-4th century BCEChineseEarthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseMonochrome blue ware: porcelain with cobalt-blue glaze over incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseGray earthenware
5th-3rd century BCEChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseRose quartz
19th-20th centuryChineseCast bronze with heavy incrustations of green and russet patina
14th-11th century BCEChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChinese