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Qingbai ware: porcelain with sky-blue glaze over mold-impressed decoration; the unglazed rims originally bound with metal. Probably from the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with translucent celadon glaze over mold-impressed decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with translucent celadon glaze over mold-impressed decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.

Pale buff stoneware with clear glaze mottled with emerald-green glaze over a white slip ground

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze, the upper portion splashed with iron-brown slip on the dished mouth. Probably from the Yue kilns near Shaoxing, Zhejian province

Punch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over stamped decoration inlaid with white slip

Grisaille-enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in black and iron-red enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Yongzheng nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Buff earthenware with appliqué handles and tabs, with decoration painted in black slip, and with traces of natural ash glaze

White ware: white stoneware with clear, pale celadon-type glaze

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

Cizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing to reveal the light gray body, the revealed body clay dressed with white glaze in localized areas

Qingbai ware: porcelain with sky blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip

Qingbai ware: porcelain with sky blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved

Changsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.

Changsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.

Burnished black stoneware

Painted Jizhou ware: very light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip. From the Jizhou kilns, near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Changsha ware: light gray stoneware with three appliqué molded elements coated with caramel-brown glaze over a thin layer of white slip. From the kilns at Tongchuan, Changsha, Hunan province