Yongzheng period, 1723-1735 or early 20th century
H. 18.2 x Diam. 6.6 cm (7 3/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseBuff earthenware with decoration painted in black and burgundy slips, the surface burnished before firing. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
3rd millennium BCEChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseCast bronze with decoration inlaid in silver wire; with spurious inlaid silver mark reading "Shi Sou" on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseNorthern Yue-type ware: light gray stoneware with olive-hued celadon glaze over relief and appliqué decoration, the glaze streaked with blue
6th-7th centuryChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina
6th-5th century BCEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
ChineseCeramic
ChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue surrounded by a wide border of overglaze red enamel (probably added at a later date) and exterior decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
16th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
16th centuryChineseHammered and turned Bronze
8th centuryChinese