Tongzhi period, 1862-1874
H. 5.7 x Diam. 12 cm (2 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Grayish brown agate with dark brown mottles
19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with crackled yellow glaze
19th centuryChineseSea green nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseMottled green and white jadeite, the stone of Burmese origin
19th-20th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
17th-20th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, black, and gold enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Ta Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
19th-20th centuryChinesePorcelain with incised decoration under a pale light blue glaze with incised mark reading "Yongle nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseGrisaille-enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in black and iron-red enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Yongzheng nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th-20th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches reserved against a cobalt powder blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with crackled grayish green glaze over iron-brown slip
19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryChinese