Double-Handled Jar

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 5 (wu) inscribed inside the footring before firing and incised on the base after firing

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

Earthenware with cord-marked decor

White stoneware with clear glaze over applique molded decoration

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Possibly Xing ware; porcelain with incised and appliqué decoration. Possibly made at the Xing kilns, Hebei province.

Russet Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kiln complex, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province.

Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.

Light gray stoneware with decoration cold-painted in brown and yellow pigments over white gesso ground

Lead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, caramel-brown glaze over mold-impressed handles, the decoration created through the application of lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over localized areas of the caramel-brown glaze

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.