Qianlong period, 1736-1795
H. 1.6 x Diam. 8.3 cm (5/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Yellow nephrite with brown markings
18th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseRed-and-white ware, "youli hong" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze copper red; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th 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 centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with mold-impressed designs and decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseRed-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze copper red; with underglaze cobalt blue circle on the base
18th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze and traces of overglaze gold enamel decoration
17th-18th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
17th-20th 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 centuryChineseWhite nephrite
18th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a circle on the base
18th centuryChineseCloudy, pale greenish white nephrite
17th-18th centuryChinese