3.81 x 2.54 cm (1 1/2 x 1 in.)
Enameled 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 centuryChineseProbably Cizhou ware: off-white stoneware with brown-slip splashes on a white-slip ground
12th-13th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseRed earthenware
2nd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent greenish white and brown nephrite
14th-17th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded, carved, and incised decoration
10th-11th centuryChineseCast bronze; with integrally cast four-character inscription reading "Zuo Fu Xin _?_" on the interior of the lip
11th-10th century BCEChineseCast bronze with greenish patina; inscription is probably modern
9th-8th century BCEChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze and overglaze decoration
4th century CEChineseGray stoneware with incised and impressed decoration
3rd-1st century BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with molded decoration and underglaze cobalt blue
14th centuryChinese