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Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the base with an incised inscription reading 'Gongyu'. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province, probably from those at Luhuaping or Chidun.

Terracotta with dark brown slip used for decoration and for interior of cup, handle

Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze

Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze

Cast bronze; Zhengzhou phase, Erligang type

Blue-green glazed faience

Blue-green glazed faience

Pale blue glazed faience

Blue glazed faience

Mold-blown and pressed smoky topaz glass

Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue

Bottle of beer, printed label, stamped

Aluminum food canister, inscribed in red fiber-tip ink, stamped, fat

Brown enamelled bowl with lump of mortar-like substance

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over molded decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.

Jade

Silvered copper

Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.