CARVED STATUETTE IN BUDDHIST ROBE WITH FO CHARACTE R ON CROWN

Molded porcelain with pale bluish glaze

Bronze and enamel

Dehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with ivory-hued glaze

Dehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with ivory-hued glaze; with underglaze four-character seal mark impressed into the back

Gilt bronze

White nephrite shading to caramel brown over much of the surface

Pale greenish white nephrite with caramel markings

Gilt bronze and rock crystal

Pale, greenish white nephrite with caramel markings

Cloudy sea-green nephrite with rust-brown staining

Enameled porcelain: molded and assembled porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels

Ying stone: black limestone with veins of white calcite. From Yingde, Guangdong province.