Short-Necked Ovoid Bottle Lightly Segmented to Resemble a Melon

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

Monochrome lead-glazed ware: buff earthenware with lead-fluxed, orange-brown glaze over incised decoration, the decoration incised into the wash of white slip that covers the vessel's interior, the white slip continuing over the upper portion of the exterior

Cast bronze with a cast inscription on vessel floor

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and applique decoration. Probably from the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejian province.

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded, carved, and incised decoration

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

Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with lustrous clear glaze over white slip ground, the glaze enlivened with three emerald-green splashes

Liao 'sancai' (three-color) ware: white-slipped, brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed green and amber glaze over incised decoration

Xing or Xing-type ware: porcellaneous white stoneware with pale blue glaze over white slip on the interior and upper portion of the exterior; probably from kilns in Hebei province, perhaps from the Xing kilns at Neiqiu, Hebei province

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

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

Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware covered all over with white slip, the floral decoration incised and the patterned background stamped into the white slip ground, all under a clear glaze