Short, Broad-shouldered Jar with Decoration of Two Dragons, Each Striding amid Clouds over Mountains and Rolling Waves

"Wucai" ware: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, and yellow enamels, the bowstring-line borders painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green and yellow enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base

'Guan'-type ware: porcelain with thick grayish blue glaze over molded decoration; with inscription of the Qianlong Emperor dated to 1783 incised into the base

Enamelled ware: porcelain with yellow and green enamels applied on the biscuit over incised decoration, the interior and base with clear glaze; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Longquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised and carved decoration

Monochrome ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within the hollow stem

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with incised and carved decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.

Cast bronze

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

Enameled ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against an overglaze red enamel ground, the reserved elements embellished with green and black enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base

Porcelain with clear glaze

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 Jiajing nian zhi" on the base