Foliate Cup Stand with Scrolling Peony Decor

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from a kiln at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 6 (liu) inscribed inside the footring before firing

Enameled ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze green and yellow enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Tian" (Heaven) on the base

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the designs reserved against a ground of overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Hongzhi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Longquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, combed, and carved decoration

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Changchun shuwu yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Studio of Everlasting Spring) inscription incised on base at a later date

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Cuiyun guan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Lodge of Emerald Clouds) inscription incised on base at a later date

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue

Porcelain with white glaze and red and green overglaze enamels

Monochrome enameled ware: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading 'Da Ming Hongzhinian zhi' within a double circle on the base

Translucent greenish white and brown nephrite