Bowl with In-Curving Rim and Partridge-Feather Mottles

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

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over molded decoration

Longquan celadon ware; molded light gray stoneware with applique handles and celadon glaze. From the kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.

Yaozhou ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Qingbai-type ware: molded pale gray stoneware with pale sky-blue glaze

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale, sky-blue glaze over molded decoration, the unglazed lip banded with silver. From the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with cloudy celadon glaze over appliqué decorative elements. From the Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province.

Jian ware: medium gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze gold. Perhaps from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.

Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze