Qianlong period, 1736-1795
H. 1.6 x Diam. 8.3 cm (5/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Rock crystal
18th-19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze
17th-18th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
17th-18th 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 centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal
17th-18th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Chenghua nian zhi" on the base
18th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed stoneware, "guan" type: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
18th centuryChineseGreen jadeite, the vessel with inclusions of white albite
18th-19th centuryChineseMottled yellow nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
18th-19th centuryChinese