18th-19th century
H. 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
White stoneware with clear glaze over applique molded decoration
10th-11th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches and plum branches reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over molded and carved decoration
12th centuryChineseRock crystal
19th centuryChineseEarthenware with green splashed lead glaze
9th-10th 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 centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the exterior with russet skin, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseRock crystal
18th-19th centuryChineseGray earthenware
4th-3rd century BCEChineseOriginally 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 centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with grayish olive celadon glaze over applique decoration
12th-13th centuryChinese