H. 5.08 cm x Diam. 20.32 cm (2 x 8 in.)
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the unglazed rim bound with brass. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a circle on the base
18th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: biscuit porcelain with incised decoration, the principle design elements covered with yellow enamel, the additional designs with aubergine enamel; with spurious(?) underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground. Probably from the Guantai kilns, near Handan, Hebei province.
12th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with incised, molded, and appliqué decoration under celadon glaze. From the Yue kilns in the Shaoxing area, northeastern Zhejiang province.
3rd-4th century CEChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th centuryChineseCast bronze
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