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Lacquered wood with inlays of tortoiseshell, twisted wire, and metal filings

Bamboo with carved and stained surface and with brass fittings

Wood, secured with wooden pegs, and with brass fittings

Paper over board, cardboard

Off-white stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration applied in white slip, the decoration embellished with incising and with touches of iron-brown slip in localized areas. Possibly from the Yaozhou kilns, near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Rattan

Qingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze; with molded inscription reading "Wu Jia He ___" on the base

Liao sancai ("three-color") ware: molded ivory-hued earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green and caramel-yellow glazes

White stoneware with clear glaze

White stoneware with ivory hued glaze

Stoneware with brown glaze

Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze

Earthenware with green splashed lead glaze

Dry lacquer; dark brown lacquer over fabric core, the decoration on the exterior in "takamakie" high relief gold and brown lacquer, the decoration on the interior and base in "nashiji" gold flakes; the base with signature reading "Mushū" in black lacquer

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, brass chips, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over tin layer on pasteboard

Watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard

Silver

Enamel