Octagonal Bowl with Molded Decoration of Investiture Scenes and Confronted Sphinxes

Carved rhinoceros horn

Cast bronze

Terracotta

Gray earthenware with incised and cold-painted decoration

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, with relief plub blossoms touched on in white slip and embellished with pale celadon glaze, the background with overglaze yellow enamel; with spurious mark underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Silver

Black earthenware

Ceramic

Silver

Small brass cup with a European-style rosette on bottom exterior

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.

Ceramic