Bowl with Lotus Petal Decor

Earthenware with slip-painted decoration

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

Cast bronze with patina and encrustations; with inscription cast on the interior

Grisaille-enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in black and iron-red enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Yongzheng nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base

Proto-porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze

Ceramic

Monochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior

Painted lacquer ware: black and reddish orange lacquers over wooden core. Reportedly from Changsha, Hunan province.

Buff earthenware with decoration painted in dark brown slip, the surface burnished before firing. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province; probably Gansu province.

Light gray stoneware with appliqué handle and spout and with medium brown glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome and gold enamels and applique molded handle mounts and knob; with bronze bail handles

Pale greenish white nephrite