Jiajing period, 1522-1566
H. 10.9 x Diam. 15.9 cm (4 5/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze brown slip over a white slip ground
16th-17th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
15th-16th 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 centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue, the background areas embellished later with overglaze red enamel; underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
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 centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and exterior decoration painted in red enamel on an overglaze yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with incised and carved decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
15th-16th centuryChineseLongquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised and carved decoration
15th-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 centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th centuryChinese