Qianlong period, 1736-1795
17.4 x 12.7 cm (6 7/8 x 5 in.)
Rock crystal
18th-19th centuryChineseWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze and traces of decoration painted in overglaze gold enamel
18th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze yellow, pink, and red enamels and scrolling floral pattern lightly incised in the yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th-19th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseCloisonné enamel
18th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
18th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
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 centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with clear glaze over applied powdered cobalt; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChinese