H. 3.49 x Diam. 11.43 cm (1 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Yue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
3rd century CEChineseCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing
14th-15th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
12th centuryChineseEnameled 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 centuryChineseEarthenware with cold-painted pigments
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCeramic
ChineseEarthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseEarthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with ogival panels decorated with overglaze polychrome enamels, the panels reserved against an underglaze cobalt powder blue ground emblazoned with designs painted in overglaze gold enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseCast bronze with pale green patina
13th century BCEChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
3rd-4th century CEChinese