mid 16th century
H. 10.2 x Diam. 13.7 cm (4 x 5 3/8 in.)
Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and overglaze yellow enamel over the reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" reserved against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground within a double circle, the mark and double-circle picked out in yellow enamel
16th centuryChineseStoneware with blue glaze; with three spur marks in the center
14th-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 centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze brown slip on a white slip ground, with details touched on the surface of the clear glaze in russet-brown slip and olive-green glaze in localized areas, the unglazed lowest portion finished with dark brown glaze
14th-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 centuryChineseMonochrome blue ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze; with incised mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within an incised double circle, all beneath a cobalt-blue glaze on the base
16th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red, green, yellow, and gold enamels; with cursorily written underglaze cobalt-blue mark possibly reading "Wan Fu Yu Tong" on the base
16th centuryChineseMonochrome ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze over incised decoration; with incised underglaze mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within an incised double-circle on the base
16th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, yellow, green, and black enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChinese