early 18th century
H. 11.4 x Diam. 9.4 cm (4 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.)
Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuandenian zhi" on the floor
17th-19th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelain with glaze over lightly incised decoration
18th centuryChineseWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, imitation kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark of a single Chinese character reading "yu" (jade) within a double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseMottled yellow nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
18th-19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseCarved rhinocerous horn
18th 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 centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseEnameled ware: porcelain with incised decoration and with an even coating of overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with finely crackled, ivory-hued glaze
17th-19th centuryChinese