Ch'ing dynasty, 18th century
18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)
Dehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with ivory-hued glaze
17th-18th centuryChineseCast bronze with localized areas of cold gilding and red and blue pigments; with cast inscription at the front of base reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian jing zao"
18th centuryChineseGilt bronze with blue and orange pigments highlighting the deity's hair and the lion's mane respectively
18th centuryChineseYellowish green nephrite with caramel-brown skin in localized areas
18th centuryChineseDehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with ivory-hued glaze; with underglaze four-character seal mark impressed into the back
18th-19th centuryChineseGilt bronze and rock crystal
18th-19th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite with caramel markings
17th-18th centuryChineseGilt bronze with traces of black pigment (black lacquer?) in the hair
18th-19th centuryChineseCloudy sea-green nephrite with rust-brown staining
18th-19th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite, with dated inscription of the Qianlong Emperor on the reverse
18th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: molded and assembled porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
17th-18th centuryChineseWhite nephrite shading to caramel brown over much of the surface
18th-19th centuryChinese