Wine taster's cup

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion of the exterior dressed with black slip. From the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.

Terracotta

Lacquer, black and red, with silver

Plaster

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration

Silver

Electrotype of gold original; repoussé

Black-surfaced gray stoneware with combed, appliqué, and openwork decoration

Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.

Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels

Monochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze