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Glass

Opaque light brown glass with dark brown decoration

Pale yellow-brown glass

Glass

Dark yellow glass

Terracotta

Turned bronze

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze and with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip, the rim dressed with white slip under clear glaze, the base and unglazed lower portion with a brush-written inscription reading "Wei Han Han / Wei / Wei"

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze and with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip, the rim dressed with white slip under clear glaze, the base and unglazed lower portion with a brush-written inscription reading "Wei Han Han / Wei / Wei"

Black earthenware with incised and openwork decoration, the surface burnished before firing. Middle and Lower Yellow River area; Shandong and Jiangsu provinces; possibly from Shandong province.

Glass, engraved and gilded

Terracotta

Kimhae-type ware: light gray stoneware with incised and combed decoration

Bronze

White earthenware with applique elements. Middle and Lower Yellow River area; Shandong and Jiangsu provinces; probably from Shandong province.

Incised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration

Terracotta

Jizhou ware: ivory white stoneware with decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze, the reserved designs covered with clear glaze over slip-painted details. From the Jizhou kilns, near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Buff earthenware with decoration painted in black and burgundy slips, the surface burnished before firing. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.

Silver with repousse decoration picked out in parcel gilding