'Gong' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Animal and 'Taotie' Decor

Cast bronze; with inscription on vessel floor

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with "anhua" decoration painted in white slip on the interior cavetto and with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" on the base

Export enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze blue, black, and gold enamels

Export enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze blue, black, and gold enamels

Grayish green nephrite; carved wood

Reddish brown stoneware; with two-character seal mark impressed on the base

Reddish brown stoneware, the interior finished with a crackled white glaze; with four-character seal mark impressed into the base

Porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, black, and gold enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Ta Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels

Light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze over molded and applique elements

Mottled green and white jadeite, the stone of Burmese origin

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