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Porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green, yellow, aubergine, and black enamels; with spurious overglaze enamel mark reading "Chenghua nian zhi" within a double square on the base

Enameled biscuit porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within a double circle on the base

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze green enamel, the wave pattern incised; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" inside the hollow stem

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red and green enamels; swith purious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Xuande nian zao"

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in gold enamels a red enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Chang Chun Yong Bao" within a double circle on the base, the mark and double circle arranged to simulate a Chinese coin.

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoraiton painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Longqing nian zao" within a double circle on the base

Porcelain with decoration painted in gold enamel over a red enamel ground added at a later date

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red and green enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark simulating a coin and reading "Chang Ming Fu Gui"

Biscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Porcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the designs reserved in yellow against a red enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi"

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, with relief plub blossoms touched on in white slip and embellished with pale celadon glaze, the background with overglaze yellow enamel; with spurious mark underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with molded decoration highlighted in underglaze cobalt-blue against an overglaze yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels, probably added at a later date

"Wucai" (five-color) ware, of so-called "kinrande" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Fu Gui Jia Qi" on the base

Imitation Wanli, "wucai" type ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date

Imitation Wanli, "wucai" type ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base