17th century
max.: H. 8.8 × Dia. 11 cm (3 7/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
Enameled 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 red enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal
17th-18th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base of vessel
17th-18th centuryChineseStoneware with blue glaze; with three spur marks in the center
14th-17th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze
17th-18th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with finely crackled, ivory-hued glaze
17th-19th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze brown slip over a white slip ground
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseGuan- or Ge-type ware: light gray stoneware with crackled, grayish blue glaze
14th-17th centuryChinese