Reign of Emperor Qianlong (r. 1733–96)
Lidded circular cloisonné box decorated with lotus flowers and vegetal scrolls.
H. 4 × W. 6.4 cm (1 9/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
Beatrice Kelekian, New York (by 1940s-1992), by descent; to Nanette B Kelekian, New York (1992-2021), bequest; to the Harvard Art Museums.
Porcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze coral-red enamel; with overglaze red enamel mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with dark green enamel over crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "qingbai" type: porcelain with pale, sky-blue glaze over molded and incised decor; with incised mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChinesePorcelain with molded "anhua" decoration and incised "anhua" mark reading "Yongle nian zhi" on the floor
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 double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze and traces of overglaze gold enamel decoration
17th-18th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, kraak-type ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark of an artemisia leaf within a double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "ox blood" type: porcelain with lightly variegated copper red glaze on the interior and very pale celadon glaze on the interior and base; with 19th-early 20th century carved and assembled wood cover with tourmaline knob
18th-19th centuryChineseGreenish yellow nephrite
18th-19th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChinese