11th Century BCE
9.5 x 9.5 cm (3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseCast bronze
ChineseGray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina; with an inscription cast on both the vessel floor and lid interior
14th-11th century BCEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseCast bronze
ChineseEarthenware with impressed decoration
2nd-1st century BCEChineseBronze with openwork decoration and with inlays of turquoise and malachite. Reportedly unearthed in 1911 in the vicinity of Xi'an, Shaanxi province
5th-4th century BCEChinesewood
ChineseLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze; recovered in the Philippines
13th-14th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: fine grained, light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChinese