8 × 7.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.)
Sancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes
8th centuryChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with overglaze sepia-enamel hallmark reading "Xu Hua Tang zhi" on the base
18th centuryChineseSilver with repousse decoration picked out in parcel gilding
7th-8th centuryChineseCeladon ware and silver
6th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splashed clear glaze
8th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseBrown-glazed ware of Yue type: light gray stoneware with mottled medium brown glaze. Probably from the Deqing or Yuhang kilns, Zhejiang province.
4th-5th century CEChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised bowstring line decoration on exterior
12th centuryChineseCast bronze; with inscription cast on the vessel floor
13th-11th century BCEChinesePorcelain with decoration reserved in white against an overglaze red enamel ground, the pictorial elements articulated with black enamel, and the foliage covered with green enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChinese