17th century
max.: H. 7.9 × W. 10.1 × D. 6.9 cm (3 1/8 × 4 × 2 11/16 in.)
Carved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseEnameled biscuit porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal
17th-18th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels, probably added at a later date
16th-17th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseGuan- or Ge-type ware: light gray stoneware with crackled, grayish blue glaze
14th-17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark reading "Shendetang zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChinese"Wucai" ware: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, and yellow enamels, the bowstring-line borders painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province
16th-17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading reading "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi" below the lip
17th-19th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChinese