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

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze green enamel, the wave pattern incised; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" inside the hollow stem

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with incised and carved decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue, the background areas embellished later with overglaze red enamel; underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Carved rhinoceros horn

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and exterior decoration painted in red enamel on an overglaze yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base

Monochrome enameled ware: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading 'Da Ming Hongzhinian zhi' within a double circle on the base

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue surrounded by a wide border of overglaze red enamel (probably added at a later date) and exterior decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with incised and carved decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.

Carved rhinoceros horn

Enamelled ware: porcelain with yellow and green enamels applied on the biscuit over incised decoration, the interior and base with clear glaze; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base