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).
Dark green nephrite with black inclusions (so-called spinach-green jade); with spurious mark reading 'Qianlongnian zhi' in seal-script characters
19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryChineseWhite jadeite with emerald green markings; the stone of Burmese origin
19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with clear glaze over applied powdered cobalt
19th centuryChinesePorcelain with intermingled copper red and cobalt blue glazes
19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "peach bloom" type; porcelain with rose-colored, copper-red glaze suffused with green and buff mottles; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
18th-19th centuryChineseDark and light gray nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
19th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with dark green enamel over crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with dark brown glaze suffused with iridescent silvery flecks
19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading reading "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi" below the lip
17th-19th centuryChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
19th centuryChinese