probably 18th century
H. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Cast bronze with localized areas of cold gilding and red and blue pigments
18th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite, with dated inscription of the Qianlong Emperor on the reverse
18th centuryChineseGilt bronze with blue and orange pigments highlighting the deity's hair and the lion's mane respectively
18th centuryChineseWhite nephrite shading to caramel brown over much of the surface
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: molded and assembled porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
17th-18th centuryChineseDehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with ivory-hued glaze
17th-18th centuryChineseBronze and enamel
17th-20th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite with caramel markings
17th-18th centuryChineseDehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with ivory-hued glaze; with underglaze four-character seal mark impressed into the back
18th-19th centuryChineseStone, perhaps steatite, with grayish brown coating and dark brown spots
18th-19th centuryChinesePale, greenish white nephrite with caramel markings
18th-19th centuryChinese