18th century
H. 3.8 x Diam. 6.4 cm (1 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Cast bronze; with inscriptions on the vessel floor and interior of cover
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseRock crystal
18th-19th centuryChineseDongkhe ware: off-white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over white slip
18th-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 Xuandenian zhi" on the floor
17th-19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzhengnian zhi" within a double square on the base
18th centuryChinesePorcelain with carved decoration and overglaze pale green enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark (probably spurious) reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
18th-19th centuryChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChinesePorcelain with blue enamel and gilding
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseCast bronze with decoration inlaid in silver wire; with spurious inlaid silver mark reading "Shi Sou" on the base
17th-18th centuryChinese