possibly 18th century
H. 20.8 cm (8 3/16 in.)
Cast bronze; with inscriptions on the vessel floor and interior of cover
18th-19th centuryChinesePorcelain with carved decoration and overglaze pale green enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark (probably spurious) reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain, "famille noir" type: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
17th-19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseOff-white stoneware with emerald-green enamel over white slip
18th-19th centuryChinesePorcelain with molded "anhua" decoration and incised "anhua" mark reading "Yongle nian zhi" on the floor
18th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
17th-20th centuryChineseGrayish green nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "ox blood" type: porcelain with lightly variegated copper red glaze on the interior and very pale celadon glaze on the interior and base; with 19th-early 20th century carved and assembled wood cover with tourmaline knob
18th-19th centuryChineseCloudy, pale greenish white nephrite
17th-18th centuryChinese