Compressed Globular Water Container with Decoration of Auspicious Chinese Characters Reading "Ji Xiang Ping An"

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

Export blue-and-white ware, kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue

Enameled biscuit porcelain: molded biscuit porcelain with decoration painted in aubergine enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double-circle on the base

Carved rhinoceros horn

Porcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the designs reserved in yellow against a red enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi"

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

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

Porcelain with clear glaze

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and with overglaze yellow enamel over the white decoration; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" written on the base against a cobalt-blue ground

Carved rhinoceros horn

Monochrome enameled ware: porcelain with an all-over coating of yellow enamel over underglaze incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

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