19th century
5.8 x 18.5 cm (2 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Cast bronze; with integrally cast three-character inscription reading "Yao Zuo Yi" on the interior wall
11th-10th century BCEChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishMetal
16th centuryItalianJizhou 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 centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseOff-white stoneware with combed and gouged decoration with traces of ash glaze
3rd century BCEChineseElectroplated metal
17th centuryGermanYue ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
10th-11th centuryChineseBrass
15th centuryGermanEnamel on metal
16th centuryFrench