Stembowl with Everted Lip

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

Enameled blue-and-white ware: molded porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and yellow and red enamels over reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading 'Da Ming Longqing nian zao' within a double circle on the base

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in black enamel over an overglaze yellow ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base

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

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

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

Carved rhinoceros horn

Guan- or Ge-type ware: light gray stoneware with crackled, grayish blue glaze

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

Cizhou-type ware: light gray stoneware with medium brown glaze over white slip, the decoration incised into the glaze before firing to reveal the white slip. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.

Porcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the designs reserved in yellow against a red enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi"

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