late 17th century
max.: H. 8.6 × W. 14.7 × D. 8.2 cm (3 3/8 × 5 13/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
Carved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChinese'Guan'-type ware: porcelain with thick grayish blue glaze over molded decoration; with inscription of the Qianlong Emperor dated to 1783 incised into the base
16th-17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze yellow, green, and black enamels on the upper portion and the lower portion with an underglaze cobalt powder blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on base
17th-18th 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 centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels
17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain, "famille noir" type: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
17th-19th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" in a double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChinese