18th-19th century
H. 20.8 cm (8 3/16 in.)
Biscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, turquoise, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze with areas of purple; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseGray stoneware
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseProbably misfired Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with transparent, olive-hued celadon glaze over appliqué molded decoration
13th-14th centuryChineseGray earthenware
9th-7th century BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseCast bronze with traces of malachite and copper-wire inlay
5th century BCEChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over molded and carved decoration
12th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseGrayish buff earthenware
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with "anhua" decoration painted in white slip on the interior cavetto and with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" on the base
20th centuryChinese