Bowl with Decoration of Two Dragons, Each Pursuing a Flaming Jewel

Porcelain with clear glaze

'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

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

Porcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with gold enamel painted on a red enamel ground added to the exterior at a later date; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi" within a single circle on the base.

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel

Porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze and yellow enamel overglaze

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

Carved rhinoceros horn

Monochrome blue ware: porcelain with cobalt-blue glaze over incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within a double circle on the base

Carved cinnabar lacquer over a wooden core; with incised inscription reading "Ta

Guan- or Ge-type ware: light gray stoneware with crackled, grayish blue glaze

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue on the interior and gold enamel painted on a red enamel ground on the exterior, the exterior decoration added at a later date