Wide-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Birds, Flowers, and Bamboo

Carved rhinoceros horn

Translucent greenish white and brown nephrite

Enameled biscuit porcelain: molded biscuit porcelain with decoration painted in aubergine enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double-circle on the base

Monochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze and traces of overglaze gold enamel decoration

Originally a pale greenish-white nephrite changed to a creamy-buff because of burning (so-called chicken-bone jade); the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan

Horn

Monochrome enameled ware: porcelain with an all-over coating of yellow enamel over underglaze incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Carved rhinoceros horn

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with applique handles and decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt blue ground, the reserved designs embellished with overglaze polychrome enamels; with an underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base

Carved rhinoceros horn

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading reading "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi" below the lip

Carved rhinoceros horn