late 17th century
max.: H. 5.2 × W. 8.7 × D. 7.3 cm (2 1/16 × 3 7/16 × 2 7/8 in.)
Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze brown slip over a white slip ground
16th-17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain, "famille noir" type: porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark of an artemisia leaf with a ribbon
17th-19th centuryChineseCloudy, pale greenish white nephrite
17th-18th 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 centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
17th-20th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseBiscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChinese