H. 2.86 x Diam. 19.69 cm (1 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Ceramic
ChineseTranslucent greenish white and brown nephrite
14th-17th centuryChineseStoneware with blue and white glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseEarthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseBiscuit 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 centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseGray stoneware
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and with overglaze yellow enamel over the white decoration; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" written on the base against a cobalt-blue ground
16th centuryChineseEnameled ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against an overglaze red enamel ground, the reserved elements embellished with green and black enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChinese