Wooden Stand

Cast bronze; with inscriptions on the vessel floor and interior of cover

Export blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue

Carved rhinoceros horn

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

Grayish buff earthenware

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing

'Guan'-type ware: porcelain with thick grayish blue glaze over molded decoration; with inscription of the Qianlong Emperor dated to 1783 incised into the base

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

Light gray stoneware with decoration cold-painted in brown and yellow pigments over white gesso ground

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide