Tongzhi period, 1862-1874
H. 4.5 x Diam. 18.4 cm (1 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Grayish brown agate with brown mottles; tourmaline cover with attached ivory spoon
19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th-19th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseWhite jadeite with emerald green markings; the stone of Burmese origin
19th centuryChineseDark and light gray nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
19th centuryChineseCloisonne enamel; polychrome enamels within brass cloisons on a copper base
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 centuryChineseCanton ware: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome and gold enamels
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseDark green nephrite with black inclusions (so-called spinach-green jade); with spurious mark reading 'Qianlongnian zhi' in seal-script characters
19th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChinese