H. 20.96 x Diam. 5.08 cm (8 1/4 x 2 in.)
Cast bronze with green russet patina; with an inscription on the interior
10th-9th century BCEChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze butterscotch-yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue double circle beneath an overglaze turquoise blue enamel on the base
19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue surrounded by a wide border of overglaze red enamel (probably added at a later date) and exterior decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
16th centuryChineseGray earthenware
16th-15th century BCEChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th centuryChineseNanfeng ware: light gray stoneware with decoration reserved against the medium brown glaze, the rim and reserved designs with clear glaze over white slip. From the Baishe kilns in Nanfeng county, Jiangxi province
12th-13th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and decoration painted in overglaze gold enamel
18th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: pink earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze embellished with designs in cobalt-blue, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChinese