Mermaid pendant, 1860-70. French. Gold, enamel, foil-set Burmese rubies, pearl pendants, old-cut ruby, mother-of-pearl, 12.0 x 6.0 x 1.5 cm. RCIN 65250. First recorded in the Royal Collection in 1872. The Royal Collection © 2012, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth...

Monk’s cap ewer with ‘sweet white’ glaze Ming dynasty, Yongle period, AD1403–1424. Porcelain with incised decoration and transparent glaze. Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province; Height: 20.1 cm ; Width: 19.9 cm; Depth: 13.7 cm . On loan from Sir Percival David...

Wine pot and cover. Porcelain with transparent (tianbai ) glaze. Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮. Ming dynasty, Yongle period, AD 1403–24. On loan from Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. PDF A427 © Trustees of the British Museum Height:...

Funerary jar for grain offerings, Longquan ware, 1128-1279, Zhejiang, China, Southern Song dynasty. Victoria & Albert Museum © V&A Images Jar with elongated barrel-shaped body having three horizontal rolls on the shoulder, low dome-shaped cover with foliate...