Qianlong period, 1736-1795
H. 16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.)
Rock crystal
18th-19th centuryChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze and traces of overglaze gold enamel decoration
17th-18th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal
17th-18th centuryChineseImitation Jun ware: porcelain with variegated purple glaze. Perhaps made at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
18th centuryChineseSoft-paste porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with ogival panels decorated with overglaze polychrome enamels, the panels reserved against an underglaze cobalt powder blue ground emblazoned with designs painted in overglaze gold enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseYellow nephrite
18th centuryChineseEnameled ware: porcelain with decoration in overglaze sepia enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" on the base
18th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal
17th-18th centuryChinese