11th Century BCE
9.5 x 9.5 cm (3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Biscuit porcelain with applique molded handles and decoration painted in green, aubergine, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on base and inside of cover
17th centuryChineseHammered and turned Bronze
8th centuryChinesePale grayish white nephrite; with mark on the base reading 'Qianlong Yu Zhi' in seal-script characters
18th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; the rim darked with underglaze iron-brown slip; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseCast bronze with pale green patina
7th-6th century BCEChineseWood
ChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue, the background areas embellished later with overglaze red enamel; underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; metal fitting on rim
15th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze; recovered in the Philippines
13th-14th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over stamped decoration
15th centuryChineseCast bronze
ChinesePorcelain with white glaze and red and green overglaze enamels
14th-15th centuryChinese