Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 (?)
2.86 x 15.88 cm (1 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian xhi" within a double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
ChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches reserved against a cobalt powder blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
17th-18th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
15th-16th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with overglaze sepia-enamel hallmark reading "Xu Hua Tang zhi" on the base
18th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark reading "Yu" on the base
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th-17th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th-17th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChinese