Vase with Swelling Shoulders Tapering to a Pointed Base

Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.

Light gray stoneware with medium brown glaze

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

Porcelain with blue enamel and gilding

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple glaze; with Chinese numeral 2 (er) inscribed on base before firing

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

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

Horn

Earthenware

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Monochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze and traces of decoration painted in overglaze gold enamel

Grayish brown agate with brown mottles; tourmaline cover with attached ivory spoon