16th-17th century
H. 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
White stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green.
6th-7th centuryChineseQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseCast bronze
ChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseGray earthenware with traces of cold painted pigment
1st-3rd century CEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin and purplish brown slip on the lower portion. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the vertical ribs trailed in white slip, the unglazed lip bound with metal. From the Ding kilns in Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches and plum branches reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
18th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with impressed and appliqué decoration; with localized areas of light blue on the surface, perhaps slip applied before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChinese