4.76 x 1.27 cm (1 7/8 x 1/2 in.)
Earthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseStoneware with blue and white glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseCast bronze
ChineseGray stoneware with impressed decoration
5th century BCEChineseEnameled biscuit porcelain: molded biscuit porcelain with decoration painted in aubergine enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double-circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseLongquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, combed, and carved decoration
15th-17th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: coarse gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
13th-14th centuryChineseQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th millennium 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 centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised, carved, and roulette-wheel impressed decoration
12th-13th centuryChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChinese