17th century
H. 13.5 x Diam. 8.3 cm (5 5/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Biscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, turquoise, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, Langyao red: porcelain with variegated copper red glaze
17th-18th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
17th-18th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseBiscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseCast bronze with decoration inlaid in hseet gold, silver, and sheet silver
17th centuryChineseOriginally a pale greenish-white nephrite changed to a creamy-buff because of burning (so-called chicken-bone jade); the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
16th-17th centuryChinese