Jiajing period, 1522-1566
H. 2.7 x Diam. 14 cm (1 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Porcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the designs reserved in yellow against a red enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi"
16th centuryChinesePorcelain 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
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze green enamel, the wave pattern incised; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" inside the hollow stem
16th centuryChineseMonochrome blue ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze; with incised mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within an incised double circle, all beneath a cobalt-blue glaze on the base
16th centuryChineseGuan- or Ge-type ware: light gray stoneware with crackled, grayish blue glaze
14th-17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with molded decoration highlighted in underglaze cobalt-blue against an overglaze yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChinese'Guan'-type ware: porcelain with thick grayish blue glaze over molded decoration; with inscription of the Qianlong Emperor dated to 1783 incised into the base
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
15th-17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with incised and carved decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
16th centuryChinese