17th century
vessel max.: H. 18 × W. 15.2 × D. 13.5 cm (7 1/16 × 6 × 5 5/16 in.) with stand: H. 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Carved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels, probably added at a later date
16th-17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red and green enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark simulating a coin and reading "Chang Ming Fu Gui"
16th-17th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamel designs and yellow enamel ground added at a later date; with spurious overglaze black enamel mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base, the mark and double circle also covered in yellow enamel
16th-17th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" in a double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseTransitional blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
17th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
17th-18th 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 centuryChineseMonochrome enamelled ware: porcelain with yellow enamel applied on the biscuit over incised decoration, the base with clear glaze; spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark on base reading "Hongzhi nian zhi"
17th centuryChinese