Jade Covered Vessel in the Form of an Archaic Bronze 'Gong' Vessel Resting on a Recumbant Mythical Beast

Pale greenish white nephrite

Pale grayish white nephrite; with mark on the base reading 'Qianlong Yu Zhi' in seal-script characters

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Chenghua nian zhi" on the base

White stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal

Monochrome glazed porcelain; porcelain with pale cobalt-blue glaze, the rim finished with an application of iron-brown slip simulating a metal band; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base

Carved rhinoceros horn

Porcelain with blue enamel and gilding

Off-white stoneware with emerald-green enamel over white slip

Yellow nephrite

Porcelain with blue enamel and gilding

Monochrome glazed porcelain, "qingbai" type: porcelain with pale, sky-blue glaze over molded and incised decor; with incised mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base

Monochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base