first half 17th century
6 x 14.7 cm (2 3/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading reading "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi" below the lip
17th-19th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
15th-17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th-19th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseOriginally a pale greenish-white nephrite changed to a creamy-buff because of burning (so-called chicken-bone jade); the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
16th-17th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal
17th-18th centuryChinese