FIVE SHALLOW BOWLS FROM THAN HOA

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over combed, molded, and openwork decoration

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

Grayish brown agate with dark brown mottles

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches and plum branches reserved against a cobalt-blue ground

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuandenian zhi" on the floor

White stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal

Monochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze pink enamel; the base with overglaze red mark reading "Da Qing Tongzhi nian zhi" within a double square on the base

Gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze polychrome enamels

Lacquer, black and red, with silver

Carved rhinoceros horn, with incised seal mark reading 'Sheng Fugong zuo' on the base

Splashed Jun ware: coarse gray stoneware with light blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusion from copper filings