H. 13 × Diam. 5.1 cm (5 1/8 × 2 in.)
Yue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
3rd-4th century CEChineseGray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
3rd-1st century BCEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) incised on base; "Jianfu gong Jingsheng zhai louxia yong" (Palace of Established Happiness, used in the Studio of Esteemed Excellence, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date; metal repairs
15th centuryChineseBiscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, turquoise, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseReddish brown stoneware; with two-character seal mark impressed on the base
20th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded and appliqué decoration. From the Yue kilns in the Shaoxing area, northeastern Zhejiang province.
3rd century CEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseStoneware with localized splashes of natural ash glaze over impressed decoration
4th-1st century BCEChineseExport blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th centuryChinese