Object Stand for Hand Cup in the Form of a Chimera with a Book on its Back, the Chimera Emerging from Waves

Carved rhinoceros horn

Carved rhinoceros horn

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded, carved, and incised decoration

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in black enamel over an overglaze yellow ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base

Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze suffused with buff markings. From the Jizhou kilns, near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

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

Carved rhinoceros horn

Bronze

Cast bronze

Longquan ware: porcelain with celadon glaze over molded and applique decoration. From the kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.

Red earthenware

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with translucent celadon glaze over mold-impressed decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.