Qianlong period, 1736-1795
H. 1.6 x Diam. 8.3 cm (5/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Pale greenish white nephrite
18th 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 centuryChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseCast bronze with decoration inlaid in silver wire; with spurious inlaid silver mark reading "Shi Sou" on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseCarved rhinocerous horn
18th centuryChineseBlue-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
17th-18th centuryChineseWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain, "famille noir" type: porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark of an artemisia leaf with a ribbon
17th-19th centuryChineseJade carved in Mughal style; grayish green jadeite with emerald green markings; the stone of Burmese origin
18th-19th centuryChineseBiscuit porcelain with yellow, green, rose, and black enamels
18th-19th centuryChineseGreen jadeite, the vessel with inclusions of white albite
18th-19th centuryChinese