early 18th century
Diam. 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
Cast bronze with localized areas of cold gilding and red and blue pigments; with cast inscription at the front of base reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian jing zao"
18th centuryChineseGilt bronze with traces of black pigment (black lacquer?) in the hair
18th-19th centuryChineseGrayish white nephrite with dark brown mottling
18th-19th centuryChineseMolded porcelain with pale bluish glaze
17th-18th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: molded and assembled porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
17th-18th centuryChineseCast bronze with localized areas of cold gilding and red and blue pigments
18th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite, with dated inscription of the Qianlong Emperor on the reverse
18th centuryChinesePale, greenish white nephrite with caramel markings
18th-19th centuryChineseWhite nephrite shading to caramel brown over much of the surface
18th-19th centuryChineseStone, perhaps steatite, with grayish brown coating and dark brown spots
18th-19th centuryChineseGilt bronze with blue and orange pigments highlighting the deity's hair and the lion's mane respectively
18th centuryChineseCloudy sea-green nephrite with rust-brown staining
18th-19th centuryChinese