H. 29.21 cm (11 1/2 in.)
Carved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing
14th-15th centuryChineseCast bronze; with inscription on vessel floor
20th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with clear glaze over applied powdered cobalt
19th centuryChineseEarthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseLead-glazed funerary ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze
7th centuryChineseMonochrome ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze over incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading 'Da Ming Jiajingnian zhi' within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
3rd-4th century CEChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with mottled copper-pink glaze
19th centuryChinese