ANCIENT PYXIS (WITHOUT LID CORINTHIAN STYLE. MIDDL E PERIOD. DECORATED IN BLACK AND PURPLE-RED OF B A NDS, CHECKERS AND A CONTINOUS FRIEZE

Translucent pale green nephrite with brown veins and slightly calcified, bone-colored patches; gilt bronze rim

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome and gold enamels and applique molded handle mounts and knob; with bronze bail handles

Punch'ŏng ware with iron-painted decoration over white slip

Silver

Silver

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide

Bronze

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing

Ceramic

Terracotta

Blue-and-white ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt-blue