H. 5.87 x Diam. 27.94 cm (2 5/16 x 11 in.)
Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze yellow, green, and black enamels on the upper portion and the lower portion with an underglaze cobalt powder blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on base
17th-18th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and applique decoration. Probably from the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejian province.
10th-11th centuryChineseLacquer, black and red, with silver
ChineseProto-porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
9th-8th century BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
15th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the rim with clear glaze over white slip
12th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with dark brown glaze suffused with iridescent silvery flecks
19th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration
12th centuryChineseBlack-surfaced cast bronze; with dedicatory inscription by Qing cast on vessel floor
11th-10th century BCEChineseCeramic
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