BRONZE RITUAL VESSEL, TYPE KU

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

Cast bronze with greenish patina; inscription is probably modern

Light gray stoneware with finely crackled, ivory-hued glaze

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

Earthenware

Brownish-gray earthenware with cord-marked surface

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

Cast bronze

"Wucai" ware: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, and yellow enamels, the bowstring-line borders painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province

Greenish white nephrite

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the rim with clear glaze over white slip

Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.