max.: H. 5 × W. 10.1 × D. 8.5 cm (1 15/16 × 4 × 3 3/8 in.)
White ware: porcelain with glaze over lightly incised decoration
18th centuryChineseStoneware with yellow-green celadon glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseMottled light green nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale bluish glaze, the unglazed rim originally bound with metal
12th-13th centuryChineseMedium gray stoneware with combed, incised, and applique decoration
1st-2nd century CEChineseEarthenware with green splashed lead glaze
8th centuryChineseWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseEarthenware with impressed decoration
2nd-1st century BCEChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with misfired olive-brown celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseCast bronze with gray patina; with inscription cast on both the vessel floor and lid interior
12th century BCEChineseProbably Cizhou ware: off-white stoneware with brown-slip splashes on a white-slip ground
12th-13th centuryChineseGray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
2nd-1st century BCEChinese