LARGE PLATE, UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND WHITE

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; "Yangxin dian Ziqiang buxi yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Room of Unceasing Self-Improvement) inscription incised on base at a later date

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over stamped decoration

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

Guan- or Ge-type ware: light gray stoneware with crackled, grayish blue glaze

Cast bronze

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

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing

Porcelain with white glaze and red and green overglaze enamels

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 8 (ba) inscribed on base; “Ying tai Lan shi yong” (Ocean Terrace, used in the Orchid Room) inscription incised on base at a later date

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 5 (wu) inscribed inside the footring before firing and incised on the base after firing