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Earthenware with cold-painted pigments

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

Earthenware with cord impressed decoration

Transitional blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue

White stoneware with appliqué handle and feet and with dark brown glaze on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.

Gray stoneware with blackened surface

Monochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with pale celadon glaze over molded and applique decoration; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised bowstring line decoration on exterior

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue

Earthenware with green lead glaze

Monochrome glazed porcelain, Langyao red: porcelain with variegated copper red glaze

Biscuit porcelain with applique molded handles and decoration painted in green, aubergine, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on base and inside of cover