15th century
Diam. 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Cizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing
14th-15th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseLongquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised and carved decoration
15th-17th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from a kiln at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
15th centuryChineseLongquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, combed, and carved decoration
15th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
15th-17th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Cuiyun guan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Lodge of Emerald Clouds) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseEnameled ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze green and yellow enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Tian" (Heaven) on the base
15th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
15th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in black slip on a white slip ground, all under a turquoise glaze
14th-15th centuryChinese