'Meiping' Bottle with Lotus Decor

Carved rhinoceros horn

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel added to the exterior at a later date

Export blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue

Carved cinnabar lacquer over a wooden core; with incised inscription reading "Ta

Porcelain with decoration painted in gold enamel over a red enamel ground added at a later date

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in gold enamels a red enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Chang Chun Yong Bao" within a double circle on the base, the mark and double circle arranged to simulate a Chinese coin.

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

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome and gold enamels

Porcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with gold enamel painted on a red enamel ground added to the exterior at a later date; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi" within a single circle on the base.

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and overglaze yellow enamel over the reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" reserved against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground within a double circle, the mark and double-circle picked out in yellow enamel