19th century
H. 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.)
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark in a double square, all within a double circle
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 centuryChineseHammered silver with chased decoration and parcel gilding
17th-20th centuryChineseCarved wood, the knob made of semi-precious stone
19th-20th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseMottled yellow nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with an overglaze red enamel Tibetan (?) mark within a double square on the base
19th centuryChineseGrayish brown agate with dark brown mottles
19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th-19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome and gold enamels and with carved elements around the rim; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze butterscotch-yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue double circle beneath an overglaze turquoise blue enamel on the base
19th centuryChinese