Incense Burner

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Shufang zhai yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Studio of Fresh Fragrance) inscription incised on base at a later date

Monochrome glazed porcelain, "ox blood" type: porcelain with variegated copper red glaze with crackled green transmutations on the neck and mouth

Stoneware with dark brown glaze

Carved cinnabar lacquer over a wooden core; with incised inscription reading "Ta

Greenish yellow nephrite with localized brown markings

Earthenware

Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground. Probably from the Guantai kilns, near Handan, Hebei province.

Carved rhinoceros horn; with inscription reading "Shi renshen mengqun fang Hanyu shi" and signature reading "Jiyu"

Monochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.

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.

Light gray stoneware with molded decor and appliqué flanges

Cast bronze; with inscription on the vessel floor and interior of cover