17th century
max.: H. 12.5 × W. 16.5 × D. 9.6 cm (4 7/8 × 6 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)
Porcelain 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 centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze yellow and red enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseLongquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, combed, and carved decoration
15th-17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark reading "Shendetang zhi" within a double circle on the base
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 centuryChineseTransitional blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with incised borders at top and bottom
17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain, "famille noir" type: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
17th-19th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with finely crackled, ivory-hued glaze
17th-19th centuryChinese