Ritual Wine Vessel (Zun)

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

Probably Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze. Probably from the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.

Ceramic

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and with overglaze yellow enamel over the white decoration; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" written on the base against a cobalt-blue ground

Grayish white jadeite with emerald green markings

Horn

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with appliqué handles and with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion and the interior dressed with medium brown glaze

White stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal

Monochrome ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within the hollow stem

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze green and black enamels; with overglaze red enamel mark reading Tongzhi nian zhi within a double square on the base

Monochrome glazed porcelain, "ox blood" type: porcelain with variegated copper red glaze