H. 5.72 x Diam. 16.51 cm (2 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Yue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
9th-10th centuryChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
4th-5th century CEChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over white-slip-coated applique decoration
11th-12th centuryChineseBlackened earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseGreen jadeite, the vessel with inclusions of white albite
18th-19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches and plum branches reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChineseCast bronze with copper inlay
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze brown slip on a white slip ground, with details touched on the surface of the clear glaze in russet-brown slip and olive-green glaze in localized areas, the unglazed lowest portion finished with dark brown glaze
14th-17th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseCloisonne enamel; polychrome enamels within brass cloisons on a copper base
19th centuryChinese