H. 29.21 cm (11 1/2 in.)
Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
18th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with impressed and applique decoration; with localized areas of light blue on the surface, perhaps slip applied before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChineseEnamelled ware: porcelain with yellow and green enamels applied on the biscuit over incised decoration, the interior and base with clear glaze; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseMonochrome ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within the hollow stem
16th centuryChineseStoneware with dark brown glaze and overglaze blue splashes
8th-9th centuryChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseBronze
ChineseCast bronze
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