18th century
2.9 x 14.7 x 9 cm (1 1/8 x 5 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM
Gilt bronze
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18th centuryChineseGrayish white nephrite with dark brown mottling
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain, "famille jaune" type: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze yellow, green, and aubergine enamels
18th centuryChineseWhite nephrite shading to caramel brown over much of the surface
18th-19th centuryChineseCloudy sea-green nephrite with rust-brown staining
18th-19th centuryChineseGilt bronze with blue and orange pigments highlighting the deity's hair and the lion's mane respectively
18th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite, with dated inscription of the Qianlong Emperor on the reverse
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17th-18th centuryChineseCast bronze with localized areas of cold gilding and red and blue pigments
18th centuryChineseGilt bronze and rock crystal
18th-19th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite with caramel markings
17th-18th centuryChinese