Jiajing period, 1522-1566
H. 2.3 x Diam. 7.9 cm (7/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Cast bronze
14th-17th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze brown slip over a white slip ground
16th-17th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel added to the exterior at a later date
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue surrounded by a wide border of overglaze red enamel (probably added at a later date) and exterior decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
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, "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 centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseStoneware with blue glaze; with three spur marks in the center
14th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
15th-17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red enamel; with overglaze red enamel mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseMonochrome ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze; 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 red, green, yellow, and gold enamels; with cursorily written underglaze cobalt-blue mark possibly reading "Wan Fu Yu Tong" on the base
16th centuryChinese