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).
Monochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with subtly mottled rust-brown glaze
19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "ox blood" type: porcelain with lightly variegated copper red glaze on the interior and very pale celadon glaze on the interior and base; with 19th-early 20th century carved and assembled wood cover with tourmaline knob
18th-19th centuryChineseGreen jadeite, the vessel with inclusions of white albite
18th-19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark reading "Yu" on the base
19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze yellow, pink, and red enamels and scrolling floral pattern lightly incised in the yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th-19th centuryChineseSoft-paste porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th-19th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseBiscuit porcelain with yellow, green, rose, and black enamels
18th-19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with overglaze red enamel mark reading "Da Qing Daoguang nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
19th centuryChineseSoft-paste porcelain with colorless glaze over incised decoration
19th centuryChineseCloisonne enamel; polychrome enamels within brass cloisons on a copper base
19th centuryChinese