mid 17th century
Diam. 17.8 cm (7 in.)
Carved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseCast bronze with decoration inlaid in silver wire; with spurious inlaid silver mark reading "Shi Sou" on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze yellow, green, and black enamels on the upper portion and the lower portion with an underglaze cobalt powder blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on base
17th-18th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze brown slip on a white slip ground, with details touched on the surface of the clear glaze in russet-brown slip and olive-green glaze in localized areas, the unglazed lowest portion finished with dark brown glaze
14th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th 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 centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: procelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
17th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Tianqi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChinese