early 18th century
H. 5.7 x Diam. 8.2 cm (2 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Enameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseHuanghuali wood with brass fittings
17th-18th centuryChineseJingdezhen 'Guan'-type ware: porcelain with crackled, grayish blue, 'guan'-type glaze; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading 'Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi' in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseMonochrome biscuit porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel over molded decoration
18th-19th centuryChineseBiscuit porcelain with yellow, green, rose, and black enamels
18th-19th centuryChinesePale grayish white nephrite; with mark on the base reading 'Qianlong Yu Zhi' in seal-script characters
18th centuryChineseImitation Jun ware: porcelain with variegated purple glaze. Perhaps made at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
18th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain; porcelain with pale cobalt-blue glaze, the rim finished with an application of iron-brown slip simulating a metal band; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
18th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, imitation kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark of a single Chinese character reading "yu" (jade) within a double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChinese