second half 17th century
H. 9.9 x Diam. 17.9 cm (3 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with ogival panels decorated with overglaze polychrome enamels, the panels reserved against an underglaze cobalt powder blue ground emblazoned with designs painted in overglaze gold enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading reading "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi" below the lip
17th-19th centuryChineseBiscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, turquoise, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware, imitation kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark of a single Chinese character reading "yu" (jade) within a double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseCast bronze
14th-17th centuryChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
15th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseCloudy, grayish white nephrite
16th-17th centuryChinese