late Tang to Song period, 9th-13th century
H. 2.2 x Diam. 3.2 cm (7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Porcelain with decoration painted in polychrome enamels over a crackled glaze
19th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze and with splashes of transparent amber glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain, "famille noir" type: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
17th-19th centuryChineseMonochrome enamelled ware: porcelain with yellow enamel applied on the biscuit over incised decoration, the base with clear glaze; spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark on base reading "Hongzhi nian zhi"
17th centuryChineseSilver with incised decoration
14th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over molded decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration incised and carved into an all-over coating of white slip, the whole piece covered with a clear, transparent glaze
12th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseRed earthenware
5th-3rd century BCEChinesePorcelain with incised and carved elements, decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red, and celadon glaze in localized areas
19th centuryChineseEnameled biscuit porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel over incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
16th centuryChinese