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Fritware with underglaze painting

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

Silver

Reddish earthenware covered with slip, incised, and color-splashed under clear glaze

Fritware with molded decoration under monochrome blue glaze

Cizhou-type ware: light gray stoneware with medium brown glaze over white slip, the decoration incised into the glaze before firing to reveal the white slip. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.

Terracotta; black and red glaze

Painted lacquerware: brown and reddish orange lacquer over wooden core

Silver

Terracotta

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark reading "Yuyi Chunyitang" within a double square on the base