17th century
H. 12.5 x W. 18 x D. 10 cm (4 15/16 x 7 1/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Carved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
17th-20th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze
17th-18th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base of vessel
17th-18th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseOriginally a pale greenish-white nephrite changed to a creamy-buff because of burning (so-called chicken-bone jade); the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
16th-17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChinese