17th century
max. H. 5.3 × W. 15.4 × D. 10.5 cm (2 1/16 × 6 1/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
Carved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
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 centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
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 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 centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with molded decoration highlighted in underglaze cobalt-blue against an overglaze yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseCloudy, pale greenish white nephrite
17th-18th centuryChinese