Qianlong period, 1736-1795
H. 31 cm (12 3/16 in.)
Cloudy, pale greenish white nephrite
17th-18th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseMonochrome porcelain with copper red glaze
18th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChinesePale grayish white nephrite; with mark on the base reading 'Qianlong Yu Zhi' in seal-script characters
18th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with clear glaze over applied powdered cobalt and with traces of overglaze gold enamel decoration; with underglaze cobalt blue double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseWhite nephrite
18th centuryChineseJade carved in Mughal style; grayish green jadeite with emerald green markings; the stone of Burmese origin
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain, "famille noir" type: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
17th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel
18th-19th centuryChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChinese