19th Century
H. 6.3 x W. 4.4 cm (2 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Pale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark reading "Yuyi Chunyitang" within a double square on the base
18th-19th centuryChinese
Pale greenish white nephrite
19th-20th centuryChinese
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
19th-20th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, yellow, aubergine, and black enamels; with spurious overglaze enamel mark reading "Chenghua nian zhi" within a double square on the base
19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuandenian zhi" on the floor
17th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze coral-red, green, and black enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseBiscuit porcelain with yellow, green, rose, and black enamels
18th-19th centuryChineseSoft-paste porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseDongkhe ware: molded light gray stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over white slip
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain, "famille noir" type: porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark of an artemisia leaf with a ribbon
17th-19th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with finely crackled, ivory-hued glaze
17th-19th centuryChinese