6.99 x 2.22 cm (2 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels
17th centuryChineseCast bronze with gray patina; with inscription cast on both the vessel floor and lid interior
12th century BCEChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware
4th millennium BCEChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration
13th-14th centuryChineseCast bronze with blackish patina; with dedicatory inscription by Lady Geng Ying cast on both the vessel floor and lid interior
10th century BCEChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina; with dedicatory inscription cast on vessel floor
11th-10th century BCEChineseCarved wood, the knob made of semi-precious stone
19th-20th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseCeladon ware: light gray stoneware over carved and incised decoration
6th centuryChinese