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Basin (pen), Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase, ca. 32002700 B.C., Gansu Province, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (L.1996.55.6) |
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Basin, Northern Song dynasty, 11th12th century; Ding ware, Probably from the Jianci village kilns, Hebei Province, China, Porcelain (26.292.98) |
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Bowl, Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period (182150), China, Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (79.2.536) |
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Camel with packboards and baggage, 6th7th century, Western China or Central Asia, Earthenware with pigment (2000.8) |
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Central watchtower, architectural model, Eastern Han dynasty, 1stearly 3rd century China, Earthenware with green lead glaze (1984.397ab) |
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Covered cup, ca. 156570, Chinese with English mounts, Hard paste and silver gilt (68.141.125a,b) |
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Covered jar (hu), Western Han dynasty, 2nd1st century B.C., Probably from Luoyang area, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (1992.165.20ab) |
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Covered punchbowl with platter, ca. 1745, Chinese for the Swedish market, Hard paste; Punchbowl (40.133.1a,b.2) |
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Covered tureen, early 19th century, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (51.86.334a,b) |
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Cup, Ming dynasty, Chenghua mark and period (14651487), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels (1987.85) |
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Dinner, tea, and coffee service, 178590, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (10.149.1.247) |
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Dish, ca. 173540, Chinese for the Scottish market, Hard paste (62.187.1) |
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Dish, early 17th century, Chinese for the European market, Hard paste (1995.268.1) |
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Dish, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi mark and period (14881505), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue with yellow, overglaze enamels (19.28.10) |
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Dish, Southern Song dynasty, 12th13th century; Guan ware, From the Hangzhou kilns, Zhejiang Province, China, Porcelaneous stoneware with crackled blue glaze (24.172.1) |
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Ewer, 16th century (ca. 1585), Made in China (porcelain); Made in London, England (silver-gilt), Porcelain (44.14.2) |
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Ewer, Eastern Jin dynasty, second half of 4th century, China, Stoneware with celadon glaze (Yue ware) (1979.353) |
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Ewer, Ming dynasty, Zhengde period, ca. 1520, Chinese for the Portuguese market, Hard paste (61.196) |
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Ewer, Northern Song dynasty, 11th12th century; Yaozhou ware, China, Stoneware with incised, carved, and relief decoration under glaze (26.292.73) |
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Female dancer, early Western Han dynasty, 2nd century B.C., China, Earthenware with slip and pigments (1992.165.19) |
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Figure of Bodhidharma, Ming dynasty, 17th century, China, Porcelain (Dehua ware) (63.176) |
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Figure of Magu with a fawn, Qing dynasty or early Republic, late 19thearly 20th century, China; Dehua ware, Fujian Province, Porcelain with clear glaze (34.13) |
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Flask, Tang dynasty, ca. 9th century, China, Stoneware with suffused glaze (1972.274) |
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Funerary urn (hunping), Western Jin dynasty, ca. 250300, China, Earthenware with green glaze (1992.165.21) |
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Group of seated female musicians, Tang dynasty, late 7th century, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (23.180.47) |
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Jar, Majiayao culture, Machang phase, ca. 23002050 B.C., Gansu or Qinghai Province, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (1992.165.8) |
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Jar, Ming dynasty, Jiajing mark and period (15221566), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamels (17.127.2) |
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Jar, Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period (14261435), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue (37.191.1) |
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Jar, Six Dynasties (late Northern dynasties period)Sui dynasty, ca. late 6th century, China, Earthenware with relief decoration under olive-green glaze (1996.15) |
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Jug, 18001815, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (34.74a,b) |
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Pair of incense burners, Yuan dynasty, ca. early 14th century; Qingbai ware, China, Probably from kilns in the vicinity of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, Porcelain with brown, low- and full-relief decoration under bluish white glaze (34.113.2,3) |
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Pair of mounted vases, ca. 1750,
Chinese porcelain with French mounts,
Hard-paste porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts (1977.102.1,.2)
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Pair of vases, Hongxian mark and period, 191516, China, Porcelain painted in overglaze sepia and black (68.4.1,.2) |
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Phoenix-headed ewer, Tang dynasty, late 7thfirst half of 8th century, China, Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze (1991.253.4) |
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Pillow, late Northern Song to Jin dynasty, 12th13th century; Cizhou ware, Hebei Province, China, Stoneware with pigment (1985.214.132) |
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Plate, ca. 173943, Chinese for the English market, Hard paste (1978.196) |
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Plate, ca. 178485, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (17.73) |
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Plate, Yuan dynasty, mid-14th century, China, Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration (1987.10) |
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Punchbowl, ca. 178690, Chinese, Hard paste (1984.449) |
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Seated luohan, Liao dynasty, ca. 1000, Yixian, Hebei Province, China, Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze (21.76) |
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Seated bodhisattva, Yuan dynasty, late 13thearly 14th century; Qingbai ware, China, Probably from kilns in the vicinity of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, Porcelain with relief decoration under bluish white glaze (51.166) |
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Standing court lady, Tang dynasty, mid-7th century, China, Earthenware with pigment (1978.345) |
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Taperstick, ca. 17001710, Chinese (probably for the Dutch market), Hard paste (1970.266.3) |
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Tea bowl, Song dynasty, 9601279; Jian ware, Fujian Province, China, Stoneware with hare's-fur glaze (91.1.226) |
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Tomb guardian (zhenmushou), Northern Wei to Northern Qi dynasties, mid- to late 6th century, China, Earthenware with pigment (1979.438) |
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Tureen with Cover, 177080, Chinese, Hard-paste porcelain decorated in enamel colors and gilt (51.86.28a,b) |
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Vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, late 17thearly 18th century, China, Porcelain painted in overglaze famille verte enamels and gilt (61.200.66) |
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Vase, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (17361795), China, Porcelain painted in overglaze famille rose enamels (17.120.194) |
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Vase, Southern Song dynasty, 12th13th century; Longquan ware, China, Possibly from the Dayao kilns, Zhejiang Province, Porcelaneous stoneware with relief decoration under celadon glaze (50.145.301) |
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Vessel (zun), late Shang dynasty, 13th11th century B.C., Probably from Anyang, Henan Province, China, Earthenware with incised and relief decoration (50.61.5) |
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