H. 31.9 x Diam. 34 cm (12 9/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Earthenware Earthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Shufang zhai yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Studio of Fresh Fragrance) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale bluish glaze, the unglazed rim originally bound with metal
12th-13th centuryChineseSilvered bronze
8th-9th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over crackled glaze
19th centuryChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
13th-14th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with molded decoration highlighted in underglaze cobalt-blue against an overglaze yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseCast bronze with patina and encrustations; with inscription cast on the interior
14th-11th century BCEChineseEarthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChinese