Lobed Dish

Gray stoneware with blackened surface

Stoneware with celadon glaze

White stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal

Black earthenware

Grayish white jadeite with emerald green markings

Black Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron oxide. 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.

Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip banded with silver. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.

Enameled ware, 'fencai' type: porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze polychrome enamels and gold

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

Changsha ware: light gray stoneware with three appliqué molded elements coated with caramel-brown glaze over a thin layer of white slip. From the kilns at Tongchuan, Changsha, Hunan province

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