H. 31.9 x Diam. 34 cm (12 9/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Yue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
3rd-4th century CEChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the unglazed rim bound with brass. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with appliqué handles and with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion and the interior dressed with medium brown glaze
12th centuryChineseLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over molded and applique decoration
2nd-3rd century CEChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseCast bronze with incrustations of green patina; with inscription on both the vessel floor and lid interior
11th century BCEChineseRusset Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kiln complex, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseCast bronze with greenish patina; inscription is probably modern
9th-8th century BCEChineseGreen jadeite, the vessel with inclusions of white albite
18th-19th centuryChinesePainted Jizhou ware: off-white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze iron slip under clear glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th centuryChineseSoft-paste porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChinese