Bowl

Originally a pale greenish-white nephrite changed to a creamy-buff because of burning (so-called chicken-bone jade); the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan

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

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels, probably added at a later date

Porcelain with decoration painted in polychrome enamels over a crackled glaze

Black earthenware

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

Monochrome lead-glazed ware: gray (or possibly brick-red) earthenware with lead-fluxed, dark brown glaze over incised decoration

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark reading "Shendetang zhi" within a double circle on the base

Earthenware

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over applique decoration

Changsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.

Monochrome blue ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze; with incised mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within an incised double circle, all beneath a cobalt-blue glaze on the base