4-LEGGED CLOISSONNE TING FOR INCENSE WITH COVER.

Cast bronze

Dark green nephrite (so-called spinach-green jade)

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration, the exterior with carved vertical lines suggesting petals. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Cast bronze with incrustations of green patina; with inscription on both the vessel floor and lid interior

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamel designs and yellow enamel ground added at a later date; with spurious overglaze black enamel mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base, the mark and double circle also covered in yellow enamel

Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.

Cold-painted funerary ware: molded light gray earthenware with cold-painted red pigment

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue

Cold-painted funerary ware: molded gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments probably added in the 20th century

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with molded decoration highlighted in underglaze cobalt-blue against an overglaze yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base