FIVE SHALLOW BOWLS FROM THAN HOA

Cast bronze with gray-green patina

Qingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze

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

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) incised on base; "Jianfu gong Jingsheng zhai louxia yong" (Palace of Established Happiness, used in the Studio of Esteemed Excellence, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date; metal repairs

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing

Qingbai-type ware: light gray stoneware, the upper portion with pale sky-blue glaze over applique molded decoration

Carved rhinoceros horn

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide. Probably from the kilns at Zibo, Shandong province.

Ceramic

Earthenware with slip-painted decoration and turquoise inlays

Qingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze

Soft-paste porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue