mid 16th century
H. 10.2 x Diam. 13.7 cm (4 x 5 3/8 in.)
Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green and yellow enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseEnameled ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze and overglaze yellow enamel over incised decoration; with incised mark reading "Da Ming Jiajingnian zhi" within a circle on the base
16th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamel designs and yellow enamel ground added at a later date; with spurious overglaze black enamel mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base, the mark and double circle also covered in yellow enamel
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the design reserved in red enamel against the yellow ground, the details articulated in black enamel on the reserved designs; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base.
16th centuryChineseCast bronze
14th-17th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels, probably added at a later date
16th-17th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in gold enamel over a red enamel ground added at a later date
16th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red and green enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark simulating a coin and reading "Chang Ming Fu Gui"
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in gold enamels a red enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Chang Chun Yong Bao" within a double circle on the base, the mark and double circle arranged to simulate a Chinese coin.
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved cinnabar lacquer over a wooden core; with incised inscription reading "Ta
16th centuryChinese