Conical Bowl with Foliate Rim and Decoration of Rhinoceros, Moon, and Stylized Cloud

Enameled porcelain: biscuit porcelain with incised decoration, the principle design elements covered with yellow enamel, the additional designs with aubergine enamel; with spurious(?) underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Opaque blue glass with yellow decoration

Misfired Jian ware: dark brown stoneware with misfired glaze turned olive

Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.

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Enamelled porcelain: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels, with inscriptions on base of each reading "Dainippon Kutani Shei-ei-do-sei"

Glazed ceramic ware: light gray stoneware with mottled brown glaze over incised decoration. Made in Namwŏn-gun, North Chŏlla province.

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

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Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.

Terracotta

Terracotta