Small Vessel in the Form of a Shoe

Carved rhinoceros horn

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" in a double circle on the base

Enameled 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

Carved rhinoceros horn

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue on the interior and gold enamel painted on a red enamel ground on the exterior, the exterior decoration added at a later date

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

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamel designs and yellow enamel ground added at a later date; with spurious overglaze black enamel mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base, the mark and double circle also covered in yellow enamel

Horn

Carved rhinoceros horn

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels

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

Carved rhinoceros horn