Circular Bowl with Alternating Designs of Flowering Plants in Planters and Cut, Flowering Branches in Vases (one of two)

Silver

Cast bronze with decoration inlaid in silver wire; with spurious inlaid silver mark reading "Shi Sou" on the base

Biscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Sui'an shi yong"(Palace of Double Glory, used in the Room of Ease and Contentment) inscription incised on base at a later date

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with misfired olive-brown celadon glaze and kiln adhesions. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Silver

Silver

Silver, gilt

Brass, inlaid with silver