19th century
Max. H. 5.6 x W. 9 cm (2 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Grayish brown agate with dark brown mottles
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 centuryChineseDark and light gray nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain; porcelain with pale cobalt-blue glaze, the rim finished with an application of iron-brown slip simulating a metal band; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
18th-19th centuryChineseCast bronze with integrally cast intaglio archaistic mark
19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with crackled grayish green glaze over iron-brown slip
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches reserved against a cobalt powder blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseDark green nephrite (so-called spinach-green jade)
19th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
17th-20th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with crackled yellow glaze on the exterior and emerald green enamel on the interior
19th centuryChineseDongkhe ware: molded light gray stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over white slip
18th-19th centuryChinese