probably mid 16th century
31.4 x 15.8 x 8.8 cm (12 3/8 x 6 1/4 x 3 7/16 in.)
Longquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, combed, and carved decoration
15th-17th centuryChinesePorcelain with cobalt blue underglaze and yellow enamel overglaze
16th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
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 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 ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within the hollow stem
16th centuryChinesePorcelain with all-over application of overglaze red enamel (probably added at a later date); with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within the hollow stem
16th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th 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 centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th-17th 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 centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChinese