mid 19th century
H. 17.2 x Diam. 40.6 cm (6 3/4 x 16 in.)
Grayish brown agate with dark brown mottles
19th centuryChineseGreen jadeite, the vessel with inclusions of white albite
18th-19th centuryChineseMottled dark green nephrite (so-called spinach-green jade)
19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel
19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with crackled yellow glaze
19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with dark brown glaze suffused with iridescent silvery flecks
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChineseAgate with brown and gray mottles; silver cover
19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuandenian zhi" on the floor
17th-19th centuryChineseRock crystal
18th-19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches and plum branches reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChinese