Ring-ware Aryballos

Terracotta

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue, the background areas embellished later with overglaze red enamel; underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing

Hard-paste decorated with polychrome enamels

Terracotta

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration, the exterior with carved vertical lines suggesting petals. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion dressed with dark brown slip

Terracotta, polished black ware

Leaded bronze

Steel with gold overlay

Terracotta