Jiajing period, 1522-1566
H. 3.9 x W. 21 x D. 21 cm (1 9/16 x 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Carved rhinoceros horn
15th-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 centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and overglaze yellow enamel over the reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" reserved against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground within a double circle, the mark and double-circle picked out in yellow enamel
16th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn with inlays of turquoise
16th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in red enamel on an overglaze yellow enamel ground, the interior with two pairs of underglaze cobalt-blue bowstring lines; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze yellow and red enamels
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain, possible "kinrande" type: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, and yellow enamels, and traces of gold enamel
16th centuryChineseMonochrome enameled ware: porcelain with an all-over coating of yellow enamel over underglaze incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled 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
16th-17th centuryChineseEnameled biscuit porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel over incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChinese