Qianlong period, 1736-1795
H. 1.6 x Diam. 8.3 cm (5/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Pale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseGrayish white jadeite with emerald green markings
18th-19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and decoration painted in overglaze gold enamel
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 centuryChineseDongkhe ware: off-white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over white slip
18th-19th centuryChinesePorphyry; six-character mark in seal script on the base reading 'Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi'
18th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain, "famille noir" type: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
17th-19th centuryChineseGrayish white jadeite with emerald green markings
18th-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 centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with finely crackled, ivory-hued glaze
17th-19th centuryChinese