Rock crystal
18th-19th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Changchun shuwu yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Studio of Everlasting Spring) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseJizhou ware: ivory white stoneware with decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze, the reserved designs covered with clear glaze over slip-painted details. From the Jizhou kilns, near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseMonochrome-glazed ware: pale pink earthenware with (partially degraded) lead-fluxed, clear glaze over white slip ground on the exterior; the pale blue splashes applied over the glaze in the twentieth century, using blue ink or pigment; with lead-fluxed, yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing; "Jianfu gong Sanyou xuan yong" (Palace of Established Happiness, used in the Veranda of Three Friends) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels, probably added at a later date
16th-17th centuryChineseTranslucent grayish green jadeite with emerald green markings; stone of Burmise origin
18th-19th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the vertical ribs trailed in white slip, the unglazed lip bound with metal. From the Ding kilns in Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and applique decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
11th centuryChineseWood
ChineseLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with degraded lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze
1st-3rd century CEChinesePorphyry; six-character mark in seal script on the base reading 'Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi'
18th centuryChinese