late Zhou to Han dynasty, 4th century BCE-2nd century CE
L. 14.6 x W. 1.9 cm (5 3/4 x 3/4 in.)
Dr. and Mrs. Milford D. Schulz purchased at the Louis Joseph auction company, Boston (ca. 1950s).
Ink on carved wood
19th centuryChineseHuanghuali wood
18th-19th centuryChineseBronze
5th-6th centuryChinese'Qingbai' ware: molded porcelain with pale bluish glaze
12th-14th centuryChineseRock crystal, with red-and-white coral beads at either end, brass brace, and coral handle
19th centuryChineseInk and color on carved wood
19th centuryChineseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseDark green nephrite with black flects and gray veins (so-called spinach-green jade), the stone of Siberian origin, probably from the area around Lake Baikal
18th-19th centuryChineseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChinese