Domed Censer or Hand Warmer with Stylized Floral Decor

Silver

Fritware

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and exterior decoration painted in red enamel on an overglaze yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base

Plaster

Ceramic

Enameled 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 Jiajing nian zhi" on the base

Shufu ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze; with molded characters reading "Shu Fu" incorporated into the design

Silver, gilt

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

Leaded bronze

Buff clay with dark brown painted decoration

Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze